Steve Harley wrote: > i don't have numbers, but i don't think that's the subscription's > advantage for Adobe; i think the advantage is cash flow and roping in > the users who would otherwise skip versions; the infrastructure for > license verification and updates, plus the cloud storage features, and > keeping user data safe (at which they've already failed once) is > actually fairly messy and probably expensive; i think Adobe's > acquisitions of more than one company were steps on the path to > building this infrastructure
Interesting point. My take on this was that once they had you on subscription (and presumably enough uptake to remove any future stand alone option) that versions become meaningless. You get the current software with the monthly subscription, so you can call it just PS and LR. Unless of course, they wish to divide it at some point, and give the latest updates immediately, only to those who pay a 'premium monthly charge'. > > 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. > > an observation to keep in mind to help grapple with the cognitive > dissonance Here's a bit more then from above. When you bought a stand-alone item, you paid a one off charge for the software and expect to get some updates in the life of that product, before the launch of a new version. In a subscription only product, you sign up and you know the costs for a limited period, but have no guarantee of long term costs or what it may later give (or not give) you. I'm also aware, to give this some balance, that I'm of an age where I expect to know what I'm getting and have some control of costs and storage. I imagine that people in their early 20s may have a very different take on this and feel my approach to software use and storage is old fashioned. I simply don't possess the blind faith that a younger generation often does in modern technology. I consider myself to be in the 'told you so' generation'! 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.
