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. On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > But it makes it more expensive for the users, especially those who only need > LR (and not PS). > > Igor > > > George Sinos Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:34:34 -0700 wrote: > > I'm not sure why the subscription model wouldn't be better for them. > They have a predictable continuous cash flow and an ongoing > relationship with their customer. > > > With the stand alone product, they get a bigger chunk of cash all at > once, but they may never see the customer again. > > A lot harder to run a company when you get a big chunk of money every > once in a while. > > > Bruce Walker Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:33:53 -0700 wrote: > > A great deal better for them. It's a guaranteed continuous revenue stream. > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> George, except that the new features are NOT available for the standlone >> (aka 6.x) version: >> > https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2015/06/june-updates-to-cc-photography.html >> >> >> Clearly, Adobe pushes people to CC. It looks like subscription-based > > revenue >> >> stream is better for them. >> >> Igor >> >> >> George Sinos Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:15:22 -0700 wrote: >> >> Nice upgrade to Lightroom this morning. >> >> The new De-Haze filter is getting all the headlines, but I think the >> most useful thing, for me anyway, is the addition of the whites and >> blacks sliders to the local adjustment brush. >> >> >> The upgrade process via the Adobe CC app was particularly nice. CC >> popped up the notification of the availability of the upgrade. There >> was a nice "what's new" link that described the new features in both >> Lightroom and Photoshop. After the upgrade it displayed a link to >> tutorials. Much better than in the past. >> >> Lots of new features for Lightroom mobile, but I'm fairly stationary >> and don't edit on the iPad that much. >> >> Overall, very nice. >> >> gs >> >> George Sinos > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
