To be precise - the 8dio teasers are the biggest tricksters. Wouldn't it be actually funny if they use actual real musicians to make the teasers - sort of like they do teasers for games which are per-rendered and not the actual game engine, then you get the game and it looks far worse... because that it feels to me. (Conspiracies, conspiracies)
You're right. I definitely believe 8Dio is a company with very loose ethics. I was going to write a long post sometime in the future, but I'll just chime in now.
Their libraries are substandard at best. A lot of recycled garbage which I believe is then fed to developers in India, and then churned out with a fancy cover.
I have counted no less than four products I bought of theirs which are grossly out of tune with the tune key switch feature. We're talking around two semitones. Off the top of my head, these are some of the vocal libraries, Hybrid Tools - Dark Prophecy, The New Ambient Guitar, and many more.
To be frank, they just sound crap. And to top it off, my latest discovery is that 66 Basses has no extended sustain like all other libraries. Their version of sustain lasts around 6 seconds, then drops out. The library is completely useless to me.
I have contacted 8Dio numerous times about these issues and more, only to be fobbed off and treated with indifference. They promise to fix the problem, but they have no intention to.
Another issue is their Christmas sale bonanza, which is another way of schilling out their crapware. I fell for the trap and bought some of their libraries after being rewarded with a free one. It turns out that the last purchase did not reward me with the free library that I was only interested in. So, I ended up spending money to buy something I never wanted.
I contacted 8Dio about this, and they said it was a 'glitch' in the system. I just love those excuses.
And don't get me started on their 'competitions'. From what I've heard, they're also a time-wasting scam.
In truth, 8Dio's pricing is overinflated. For a company to reduce up to 80% on a product during a sale is very telling. Even at these sale rates, the libraries are just not worth buying. Can you imagine Spitfire Audio and Orchestral Tools dropping a library price by 80%? It's unheard of. It only shows that customers are already paying way over the actual valued price with 8Dio.
I truly believe that the fault lies with review sites who are given free copies to appraise, only to give disingenuous reviews, and not outline the fatal flaws in 8Dio's libraries. These review sites are terrified of giving negative reviews lest 8Dio and other companies fail to send new products in the future. I'm not mentioning any names.
My advice is to stay away from 8Dio. If you read through these forums, they are certainly starting to get a reputation for shoddy workmanship and deceptive practices.