You Can't Buy Software

[billroper]

At least, you're not going to be able to buy it from Adobe any more. They're switching over to a rental model. And at $50 / month, it's way more than I want to be paying.

This means that I'm going to have to start looking for alternatives -- but not until I have to upgrade off Windows 7. And that will be as far in the future as I can manage.

I can't imagine this is going to make Microsoft happy...

Comments

[tollermom]

$EMPLOYER just refused to convert from our biennial Contractual License Agreement to the new subscription model, because even with the super shiny only good right now deal Adobe was offering us, it was going to cost three times more than we'd been paying (per year). The new model has no way (at least for corporate clients) to subscribe to anything other than the WholeDamnSuite, and I've got 40+ users who _only_ need InDesign. I'm not paying for them to have Photoshop, Illustrator, DreamWeaver, Flash Pro and a bunch of cloud crap that doesn't fit our workflow.

Now I'm just hoping that enough corporate clients will do this that they'll come to their senses before I reach the point that CS6 is no longer sustainable. :-/

[tollermom]

Oh... also... I don't know which apps you need, but Lightroom (my personal staple for photography workflow), Photoshop Elements, Acrobat Pro and Captivate are still available under the "normal" non-Cloudy model.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

A subscription model for software is actually quite reasonable. The problem I see in this case (and most cases I've run across) is that the price is just way too high.

[ravan.livejournal.com]

1. Adobe has always been overpriced. This is just more of the same.
2. Running your software from "The Cloud" is not always possible. Some people really do work offline, deliberately, or only on a corporate network.
3. If they think that people want to store their artistic and intellectual property in Adobe's "cloud", they are deluded.

Photoshop is pretty well replicated by the GIMP. The rest of it I have never needed - open office writer can actually do nice layout, and it can export to pdf without add-ons.

[johno.livejournal.com]

The software is not run out of the cloud (at least not currently) it's downloaded to your system, but it's checking with the cloud on a regular basis to confirm you're still subscribed.

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

$50 a month? That might work for big companies but individuals? That's insane, thanks for the heads up.

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

Basically, Susan and I share the account; we switch off use so we're not on at the same time. She uses it heavily for Photoshop and Lightroom. Yes, it's highway robbery.