Comment by folkrav

I just haven't found anything on the amp sim side that remotely approaches what NeuralDSP gives me. Similar to drums, haven't found any libraries that sound remotely as good as something like GGD. I've replaced most of my "simple" effects plugins with free stuff, sure, but VSTi/libraries have been more of a miss than a hit for me. I started around the same time you did. Back then it barely was thinkable to even consider Linux as a main OS for music production. Whatever works for what you do with it, and I can definitely see some workflows work with what it offers today, just not mine.