Will you subscribe to Adobe?

[Ilovemycam]

Will you subscribe to Adobe?

Or make due with other products you can buy?

 

[pixmedic]

as usual, I will be subscribing to Bacon.

 

[Trever1t]

I'll stick with CS6 until such time that I either have too much money or Adobe's voice command editing system is perfected.

 

[412 Burgh]

They are idiots.. They lost me as a customer. As well I'm sure the universities/colleges are done too.

 

[bentcountershaft]

I would be willing to bet most universities have had a licensing scheme of some sort for quite some time. Kind of the way they do with Microsoft.

 

[CCericola]

Been a subscriber for awhile now. But I am a business and it is just calculated into my expenses. I feel like Adobe will continue the subscriptions. For B2B it will work out fine. And adobe will push Lightroom and elements on the amateurs and unsuccessful freelancers. We'll see what happens. Only time will tell.

 

[nmoody]

As a hobbyist its not a option for me.

 

[Overread]

They are idiots.. They lost me as a customer. As well I'm sure the universities/colleges are done too.

I would be willing to bet most universities have had a licensing scheme of some sort for quite some time. Kind of the way they do with Microsoft.

Agreed, most institutions were likely already on licences and such. Heck many might actually prefer this since upgrading a whole slew of machines on a site wide scale can be VERY costly in one big lump. Paying small amounts monthly out of their budget whilst getting free upgrades the whole time is likely something they will be more than happy with - no more will the tech staff have to make petitions to the upper powers to try and get several 100 new site licences for software upgrades at however many $1000s in cost.

 

[pixmedic]

Im not a fan of more mandatory recurring monthly charges.
Im also not a fan of forced upgrades. (still working off CS5 and just fine with it)
Adobe is combining both of those.
While this may appeal to some people, and may financially benefit people that buy every upgrade, It just has no appeal to me.
I barely use PS since getting LR4 so as long as LR is a stand alone purchasable product, that's where my money will go.

 

[Overread]

I'm very much in Piximedics camp. Adobe tend to be better than most in that each software release tends to keep the general same interface and structure as the last (unlike some *glares at Windows and Facebook*). So auto-software updates* are a pain for me since sometimes they do come with changes that are a pain to work with (many these days on PC also tned to come with several months of "we are fixing/patching it to work because OMG so many different pc software/hardware combo errors).

I also hate the idea that I'll get another monthly "bill" to pay. Sure when you're shooting lots its fine, but get a few months without much photography and as a hobbyist that is going to be one monthly bill that will annoy you (plus you likely can't cancel it without incurring costs or if you do want to go short term you have to pay more all the time).

It's a shame Adobe couldn't have done their cloud alongside regular retail and just bundled up the cloud with more extras to make it more attractive to many whilst leaving those of us who want to stick to independent releases free to do so.



* I wonder how long you can leave the computer unconnected to the net before the adobe software disables itself. - a concern for many who might find that they need the software to keep working, but have to cut monthly costs considerably - like losing the $40 internet connection and phone line.

 

[nmoody]

A silver lining in this is that non-adobe editing tools sale will grow hopefully increasing their quality and abilities. Not saying they are not great right now but can anyone really hold a candle to Photoshop? Currently I say not yet but I see that changing when companies figure out there is a new market now available to them if they make their tools more robust and less single task oriented. NIK software is a prime example of this.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

They are idiots.. They lost me as a customer. As well I'm sure the universities/colleges are done too.

LOL uh huh.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

Subscribed months ago. Tax write off, guaranteed up to date software, just about everything they make, and able to use it on multiple machines? YES PLZ.

 

[texkam]

Or make due with other products you can buy?

Learning institutions are too cozy with software vendors and therefore promote vendor lock in. I would like to see a more general approach taught. Students should learn a more intuitive overall approach when it comes to software. They should be made aware of, and preferably even exposed to different vendor options. Institutions should teach the basic concepts of different types of software rather than a narrow, step-by-step, cookbook approach. The goal should be to give the student enough of a general understanding of a type of program, what it's for and basically how it works, so that they are able to then master most any vendor's product rather quickly.

 

[Ysarex]

Will you subscribe to Adobe?

Or make due with other products you can buy?

I won't be making due with other products since I already use superior other products. I will continue to teach Photoshop and LR at the various colleges where I work since that's what they'll want me to do, but personally I'll become Adobe free and won't mind it a bit.

Joe