The only problem is, Fender, is that if people don't start to use the original and just the front end -
people will end up not knowing how to use the original and only the front end.
They still have to learn to do that. I managed to learn Dos in the 80's when I was a kid. No-one insulted my intelligence until windows 98 came out.
So long as the people who use the front ends keep earning money, though - I'm perfectly happy to fix their originals and stuff when they break them through the front end.
You can charge quite a bit for some people.
It makes up for all the people who don't get charged a penny.