Please, read slowly and get the spirit of the message, it's all about providing some user feedback for Line 6 because they keep a we-were-the-first-one-so-we-were-the-best-forever state of mind. Living in an ivory tower usually leads to ruin, auto-criticism is a must to drive an user-oriented business. And feedback from leaving users should be taken in consideration. Furthermore when we are complaining from time ago and we can find the same reaction in many other sites. Nowadays, brands are very sensitive to online reputation, and I know what I'm talking about really well.
Being touchy is not a way to deal with such a problem but beeing receptive and humble is the way to not lose contact with the real future for any company: customers.
If you read again my original post, I don't say that I won't buy a Variax evermore but that "all the complaining leaving customers" have many other options available in the market from competitors that get their bite from the disatended both old and potential new customers.
I now about Blue Cat's Re-Guitar, which I extensively use, because I read about it from another angry users in other forums. All we know about all the software and hardware that I listed, and even more apps and gadgets, because we all wanted just a Variax guitar instead a closet full of things or pieces of software that would be certainly unnecessary having a Variax.
I've been waiting for a JTV-89F for two years now and I quit on last november after Thomann said they have no new info from Line 6. Moreover, the Spanish staff from Thomann told me that the new workbench interface has no compatibility with my old Variax 700 Acoustic, I asked the support service and Cristoph from Line 6 Europe kindly confirmed that it's absolutely compatible. And here I am editing my 700 Acoustic with the unit arrived just two hours ago from Germany. The problem is that Line 6 doesn't provide any information even to their battlefront: stores.
As user janjanjan very righteous well said, modelling in 2020 is not rocket science anymore. Cheap Chinese pedals for modelling are flooding the market now. I'm modelling with a 99 € Re-Guitar soft at pro quality level. I have one cheap but well hacked Harley Benton guitar in every studio where I work at to avoid taking my Carvins or Fenders out, and modelling with EXchanger and Mooer pedals in the studios. Market is changing, adaptation and evolution are equal to survival.
Of course, I'd prefer having only one Variax guitar to walk to the studios instead of carrying a cart but Life passes by and we need to go on working besides the need of making complex combinations because the brand of the product we want is neglective about communication.
For being an Uber Guru, you don't seem to have the necessary wisdom, experience or empathy to handle these kind of situations the right way. Modelling Karma is gona chase your soul, man :))
Peace, brother in Variax.