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I apologize for the crudity.
First, they are "considering" doubling the price of some of their monthly subscriptions from $10 a month to $20. (The Verge) So an annual fee goes from $120 to $240. Ouch. And I believe that's billed as one big chunk, not on a monthly basis.
Now read this, I just found it on Slashdot:
Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers who haven't updated their apps in a while may want to check their inboxes. The software company has sent out emails to customers warning them of being "at risk of potential claims of infringement by third parties" if they continue using outdated versions of CC apps, including Photoshop and Lightroom. From a report:
These emails even list the old applications installed on the subscribers' systems, and in some cases, they mention what the newest available versions are. In a response to a customer complaint on Twitter, the AdobeCare account said users can only download the two most recent variants of CC apps going forward.
A spokesperson said in a statement, "Adobe recently discontinued certain older versions of Creative Cloud applications. Customers using those versions have been notified that they are no longer licensed to use them and were provided guidance on how to upgrade to the latest authorized versions." However, the spokesperson said Adobe can't comment on claims of third-party infringement, as it concerns ongoing litigation.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/05/14/1353209/adobe-warns-creative-cloud-users-with-older-apps-of-legal-problems
This is the problem with renting software. When Adobe went to their rental program however many years ago, I bought full versions of their Creative Suite CS6 and still use it. I'm going to have to figure out what I'm going to do in the future as Apple is drifting towards an architecture change that may require me to lock down my OS version or run Photoshop in a virtual machine, but I'll worry about it when it becomes an issue. Plus, I paid a one-time cost of probably about $500 when the change happened, which I could easily afford then as I was employed. Since that job ended, my employment has been spotty, never lasting more than about 2.5 years, and paying annual subscriptions would have been a real PITB.
Oh, and by the way, if there's a problem with processing your payment through your bank: your software is shut off. And as has happened to someone I know, if you download a trial of a product and uninstall it, it can utterly bork your production apps.
This is also a problem with cloud services and anything encumbered with DRM in general. I received an email a couple of months ago from the movie streaming service Ultraviolet that they were ceasing operations and any movies that I'd bought from them would no longer be available. OH NOES! Now, I could care less. As it happens, the only reason why I had an account with them was because I'd taken all of my movies that came with digital copies and gone on a binge and activated all of them, and a few had gone through Ultraviolet. Now, if I'd paid money for them, I'd be deeply pissed, and I'd be out the money and without the movie. But I did not, and I still have the physical copies. When I buy music, I get a physical CD and rip it myself to MP3. So yes, I'm sort of a belt and suspenders kind of guy. I don't trust companies to take something away and not give a damn whether or not I get screwed in the process.
I am ever so glad I bought that Adobe DVD with all that software on it, and Adobe can fall off the edge of a cliff for all I care.
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First, they are "considering" doubling the price of some of their monthly subscriptions from $10 a month to $20. (The Verge) So an annual fee goes from $120 to $240. Ouch. And I believe that's billed as one big chunk, not on a monthly basis.
Now read this, I just found it on Slashdot:
Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers who haven't updated their apps in a while may want to check their inboxes. The software company has sent out emails to customers warning them of being "at risk of potential claims of infringement by third parties" if they continue using outdated versions of CC apps, including Photoshop and Lightroom. From a report:
These emails even list the old applications installed on the subscribers' systems, and in some cases, they mention what the newest available versions are. In a response to a customer complaint on Twitter, the AdobeCare account said users can only download the two most recent variants of CC apps going forward.
A spokesperson said in a statement, "Adobe recently discontinued certain older versions of Creative Cloud applications. Customers using those versions have been notified that they are no longer licensed to use them and were provided guidance on how to upgrade to the latest authorized versions." However, the spokesperson said Adobe can't comment on claims of third-party infringement, as it concerns ongoing litigation.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/05/14/1353209/adobe-warns-creative-cloud-users-with-older-apps-of-legal-problems
This is the problem with renting software. When Adobe went to their rental program however many years ago, I bought full versions of their Creative Suite CS6 and still use it. I'm going to have to figure out what I'm going to do in the future as Apple is drifting towards an architecture change that may require me to lock down my OS version or run Photoshop in a virtual machine, but I'll worry about it when it becomes an issue. Plus, I paid a one-time cost of probably about $500 when the change happened, which I could easily afford then as I was employed. Since that job ended, my employment has been spotty, never lasting more than about 2.5 years, and paying annual subscriptions would have been a real PITB.
Oh, and by the way, if there's a problem with processing your payment through your bank: your software is shut off. And as has happened to someone I know, if you download a trial of a product and uninstall it, it can utterly bork your production apps.
This is also a problem with cloud services and anything encumbered with DRM in general. I received an email a couple of months ago from the movie streaming service Ultraviolet that they were ceasing operations and any movies that I'd bought from them would no longer be available. OH NOES! Now, I could care less. As it happens, the only reason why I had an account with them was because I'd taken all of my movies that came with digital copies and gone on a binge and activated all of them, and a few had gone through Ultraviolet. Now, if I'd paid money for them, I'd be deeply pissed, and I'd be out the money and without the movie. But I did not, and I still have the physical copies. When I buy music, I get a physical CD and rip it myself to MP3. So yes, I'm sort of a belt and suspenders kind of guy. I don't trust companies to take something away and not give a damn whether or not I get screwed in the process.
I am ever so glad I bought that Adobe DVD with all that software on it, and Adobe can fall off the edge of a cliff for all I care.
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