On Wed, Jun 17, 2015, at 05:26 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Also more expensive for folks like me who only need to upgrade about > every two or three major versions. > > It's kinda like: what if Ford decided to remove the buy option and > went to a "you can only lease" option for all their cars. So you get > upgrades frequently but you are paying through the nose continuously > for the rest of your days for more car and upgrades than you may need. > > I have an Audi I bought new in 1998. It still works just fine and I'm > happy with it. I simply couldn't afford the you must lease option for > that. Sure I'd be driving a 2014 Audi now, but I don't need it and I > can't afford it. There's nothing wrong with my 1998. > > I don't like Adobe any more. I have to use their products to get what > I want, but I don't like them, especially their marketing division. > Software leasing is for well-heeled corporations, not retired folks on > a fixed income. But they don't give a fuck. They smelled a huge > cash-grab opportunity and went for it. Then high-fived each other for > the rest of the week.
I don't have any love for Adobe either but the subscription-based model works for me. I can't get my head around Lightroom but I use Photoshop all the time. I originally got a hand-me-down version of CS3 but there was no way I was ever going to be able to fork out the outrageous cost of moving to CS6. But 10 bucks a month? That's affordable - at least for now. And I still have CS3 lurking in case Adobe get extra greedy... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
