Steve, apparently you can make an "annual commitment" and get lower prices as well as reduced checkin frequency.
http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2013/05/answering-your-questions-about-photoshop-cc.html On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:14 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > on 2013-05-07 10:05 Bruce Walker wrote > >> Gerrit, "mechanically" the CC apps behave like Adobe apps of old when >> you bought the download (no-box) version. Ie: you download a >> multi-megabyte file which you install, then run the app entirely on >> your workstation. Load and Save works as before for local files; >> nothing has changed there. No forced storing in the cloud. >> >> So the Cloud moniker is a bit of marketing hype. > > > yes, it's a software subscription with a very misleading name; use of the > software has nothing to do with "clouds"; i have completely ignore the cloud > storage part (and refuse to use Adobe's name for my software subscription) > > > >> If you subscribe annually the legality check only occurs every 180 >> days, so you could go off on a long trip and not worry -- in theory. >> Who knows in practice? > > > i have had an annual agreement (monthly payments) since last May and it > definitely checks in at least monthly, and has caused me hassles when i > don't use at least one app in the suite once a month; others have had big > problems when the associated credit card expired (Adobe just turned off the > software, and it was not easy to get it restored) > > or do you mean if you pay for a year in advance? if that's possible now it's > a new feature, probably in response to some very pointed complaints from > people who would have preferred an annual invoice > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
