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34. Judging by the comments below the article, the response isn't going to be as favorable as they hope

Reply to LunaSea (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2013, 04:36 AM

May 2013

I wouldn't be surprised if this idea is a total flop.

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Adobe goes subscription only [View all] LunaSea May 2013 OP

There's more to it than just Photoshop. evlbstrd May 2013 #1

I only have the full versions at work. I cannot afford it at home. Buzz Clik May 2013 #2

umm.. it's monthly fee only. no other fees for the CC toadzilla May 2013 #14

and I was getting excited about the upcoming version of PS DrDan May 2013 #3

Adobe - "We don't care, We don't have to..." Blue Idaho May 2013 #4

Maybe they'll find themselves here eventually... LunaSea May 2013 #10

PS is not a monopoly there is more than one alternative for Adobe products nt msongs May 2013 #16

Do this... Blue Idaho May 2013 #45

2012 profit ~$1B on ~$4B sales William Seger May 2013 #35

I'll have to think about early retirement. Wait Wut May 2013 #5

Screw Adobe! NV Whino May 2013 #6

I love it. tridim May 2013 #7

$600 a year for EVERYTHING continually updated is actually a really good price. toadzilla May 2013 #13

Arghh rightsideout May 2013 #8

It's only $29 a month to upgrade from CS5 toadzilla May 2013 #12

Rah! Rah! Wednesdays May 2013 #19

Looks like I'll be sticking with CS6 and Lightroom 4. nt justiceischeap May 2013 #9

Yup. Adobe can bite me. n/t dogknob May 2013 #30

great for me FreeJoe May 2013 #11

So, in effect, one never owns the software? bunnies May 2013 #15

That's the way proprietary software has been going mythology May 2013 #18

With few exceptions RudynJack May 2013 #25

Yeah, but at least you owned the license William Seger May 2013 #32

You probably expected me to read the story. How was I to know... Buzz Clik May 2013 #17

Who? hunter May 2013 #20

They'll be losing a lot of government work and gov contractors. politicat May 2013 #21

I don't think that you understand it correctly FreeJoe May 2013 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author dballance May 2013 #23

I use Corel Painter and Aperture dballance May 2013 #24

I just bought my last version of Photoshop. Screw the cloud. lob1 May 2013 #26

I have an older version of Photoshop Warpy May 2013 #27

It's time for Gimp. longship May 2013 #28

Try doing a color sep in Gimp and get back to me jmowreader May 2013 #29

That can be done William Seger May 2013 #31

Not well enough for professional use jmowreader May 2013 #38

Or one of the thousands of other things Gimp can't do. tridim May 2013 #37

Just 30? jmowreader May 2013 #40

Amen! Programming should be a hobby, not a profession FrodosPet May 2013 #33

It costs money to have a soul jmowreader May 2013 #39

Yes, I was FrodosPet May 2013 #42

I like Gimp, but it doesn't handle .psd very well DavidDvorkin May 2013 #41

I understand that GIMP has shortcomings. longship May 2013 #43

Yes, that may well happen DavidDvorkin May 2013 #44

I am no pic edit pro but I like GIMP. longship May 2013 #46

In my case, "professional" doesn't refer to editing pictures DavidDvorkin May 2013 #47

Judging by the comments below the article, the response isn't going to be as favorable as they hope Turborama May 2013 #34

Argh. GIMP it is then... Matariki May 2013 #48