aside from the fact that ,for me at least (as I can afford it), it makes me feel good to support the ecosystem of friends and fellow Fractal fanatics who make this an interesting and fulfilling place to hang by creating stuff both shared and sold...it has been my experience that in the case of the 3 major players here (lets not beat around the bush ..they are
@austinbuddy ,
@fremen ,
@Moke )
have reputations around these parts of such impeccable goodness that free single samples dont illustrate the huge breadth and variety of their preset packs and may actually be counterproductive (as
@pauly intimated above). I defy the OP to find any negative feedback on the stuff that those guys do, and in fact, all of them do have free stuff and demo videos spread all over the Interwebs..do a search on
https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/ and check their respective websites ...
There are also many other cats here who do more of a stealth/bait sell, by posting
videos of themselves (usually with great chops) and then pointing to a paid website when asked for a preset or sample...
and of course the Leon Todd
@2112 model, where he just keeps giving stuff away, both literally and conceptually.....and becomes some kinda YouTube legend....
all of these approaches are valid.
the only one who will miss out is you If you limit your participation....