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pwhodges:
We've had a thread about Microsoft stupidity, and now it's Adobe's turn.

With the release of the new version of the Adobe Creative Suite later this month, it will no longer be sold.  That's right, you won't be able to buy it, nor any of the individual applications.  Want to buy Photoshop?  Tough.  Want to get your own copy of the new version of Audition?  No. 

The Suite will only be available in the future on a monthly subscription.

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Note: the sums about the benefits in that article make assumptions that are not historically correct; for my usage of Audition, the new scheme costs greatly more than the costs of upgrading to every version have been.

Masterpiece:
I heard about that. I can get where they're coming from, as they now have a concurrent revenue stream, but it's still sad to know I won't be able to have the newest version of fine Adobeware to mess around with.

That said, I didn't know Microsoft went subscription-only.

pwhodges:
They didn't - I meant this.

snalin:
This means that they are completely pricing themselves out of the range of most hobbyists that wants to use (only) photoshop. Unless that market has become very small (due to piracy and Gimp and similar, free services), this seems like a kinda silly move. The reason given - a desire for a constant cash flow instead of spikes - is a good one, but that assumes that the customer base stays the same or slightly smaller.

pwhodges:
From the comments sections of a discussion about this elsewhere; part of an obviously planted comment:


--- Quote ---3. Adobe products are for professionals. $50 (first year $20 or so) a month is nothing for all the products that you get. It is not meant for hobbyist. And if you can't make enough with adobe products that you can easily afford $50 a month, you should really consider changing your profession.
--- End quote ---

Another problem is archiving.  You archive files in Photoshop PSD or Audition SES formats, say, and in 20 years time the program has dropped backward compatibility with the old version of the format.  Typically a responsible archivist will have kept copies of the different versions of the programs to account for this situation, but under the new arrangements this is not possible. 

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