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 much prefer the software on CD/DVD, but I understand that it must be more profitable to remove the marketing and disc production costs. Many companies are now going this way, and whilst the current monthly subscription isn't excessive, I always feel there is the potential at some point for that to alter with a captive market. Now, I understand, having pushed most of the customers down the subscription route, it becomes our fault. I read that over 50% of custom is via this subscription method a while back, so they are only supplying what the market wants. Thanks for that. Although I'm not on subscription, I feel locked in because I hate learning new computer software and having (or getting) to grips with LR and PSE means I am loath to start learning something else - although I'm always grateful for list members posting information about alternatives, because the day might come where I switch rather than become assimilated. Malcolm -- 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.
