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| Thread ID: 132117 | 2013-05-07 07:16:00 | Subscription Software - Good or Bad? | Iantech (16386) | PC World Chat |
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| 1340003 | 2013-05-07 23:56:00 | Nailed it I think, I can see home users really suffering here, eventually they will be forced into keeping an old computer going to run their software or loose it. Why? Office 365 at least lets you deactivate an installation and transfer it to another computer. |
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| 1340004 | 2013-05-08 00:08:00 | Why? Office 365 at least lets you deactivate an installation and transfer it to another computer.Sorry, maybe I didnt make myself clear properly. I ment by "exisiting" software, the users boxed version of Photoshop CS5, or Office 2007 for example, not subscription versions. Of course subscription versions will stay up to date with the latest OS, but I can also see subscription versions being realeased that will no longer support some users older OS in which case they will be forced to update their computers. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1340005 | 2013-05-08 00:30:00 | I use Photoshop once a month. I'm not paying $30 for a monthly chore, for the next 20 years.I guess I'll never upgrade; and learn how to use different software.I just need layers, and basic drawing tools. But you willing to fork out the many hundreds of dollars in the first place? Or is it pirated ;) | plod (107) | ||
| 1340006 | 2013-05-08 00:55:00 | I dont think you'll be alone there, I can see many home users in the exact same position. Nailed it I think, I can see home users really suffering here, eventually they will be forced into keeping an old computer going to run their software or loose it. If they upgrade to a newer OS, their own software wont work on it and be forced into the subscription software, and if they run with the subscription software, eventually it wont support their OS and be forced to update thier computer. I think the only real winner here will be Adobe, they are forcing their software away from home users and towards businesses where they make more $$$. I wonder if they have really thought it through though, the home user must still make up a valueable percentage of overall earnings, can they really afford to loose that income? Businesses are their target market. Always have been. Who else can afford their exorbitant prices? I suspect the Home/Consumer market makes up only a small percentage of their paying customers - many of these users likely pirate their software, because of the horrendous up-front cost... At least, IMO, with a subscription model, Photoshop, and the like, are possibly more affordable to a wider audience (which make their software potentially less likely to be pirated). There will still be some who will pirate, but, if they ONLY offer a subscription, it will be very difficult to pirate (which is not to say that someone will figure out a way around it). But it will also make (free) alternatives to their software (like GIMP) more attractive too... |
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