This is horrible. A big mistake.
If they keep this business model, a new company will come about and destroy Adobe.
I wouldn't say destroy, at least not within the next 5 years. They're just in so many industries. If people respond negatively, the issue would be limited growth in future markets where startups might have more leverage.
Guess my old copy of CS4 just got a lot more valuable!
It may not be legally transferable, and it's not like these things continue to work on the latest OS forever. It will work fine if you maintain hardware that can run that version. That might work for several more years.
I do hope there's an uproar over this.
There will be one, then they'll back off somewhat. Look at what happened with CS6. It's the same thing. They have backup statements already prepared or being prepared as they filter out some of the noise in the complaint comments.
I don't it'll put an end to it. There are cracks floating around to 'unlock' the 30 day trials and even FCPX, which can only come from the App Store, was up on torrents w/in days of it's release. It will kill the casual "hey can I 'borrow' your copy of AE" and the selling of computers 'fully loaded' on craigslist type of piracy though.
I really hate those stupid CL ads. If you're ever on the market for a used machine, they tend to push up the asking prices even though they are not genuine licenses, and you would have no recourse if the drive crashes. I hate anything that messes with the market in such a way.
I can't believe how freaked out everyone is about this. You don't run the apps online, you install them on your computer just like before. And you don't have to use the "cloud" for storage if you don't want to or don't have a fast enough internet connection.
Take a chill pill, this is obviously a good thing for those who don't have $3000+ to put on the suite in one go. Adobe will gain a ton of users with this and it's also a good way to fight piratism.
And for those saying 600 bucks per year is too much. You're still upgrading your suite once every few years, and if you pay say $2000 every three years, that would be $666/year on average.
They've been reducing the barriers to entry for years. Student versions can be upgraded to full upon graduation. I will say if you already have Creative Suite, it's reasonably cheap to buy upgrades. You wouldn't pay $2000 though. No one just waits for their license to be completely non-viable. They upgrade within the limit so a hardware or OS update doesn't break compatibility mid cycle.
This is the kind of thing the antitrust laws were written to address. Write your Congressperson. Call the state attorney general's office, etc.
We're Americans. Mostly. There are options.
What about the licensing changes conflicts with the Sherman Antitrust Act? Adobe is the standard in a lot of areas.
Hate it or love it, it's the future... just as with Microsoft, and others too are doing.
And with the popularity of ultra-books with SSD's, cloud makes the only choice going forward.
Yes, pros may not like it, but no one is forcing you to use it... But if they Have to for some reason business related, then that's a difficult choice.
Kinda reminds me of the article, of all the Pro's went to Adobe because Final Cut Pro had reduce features (probably to bring down the price)
None of that is strongly related. FCPX was likely changed to make it more approachable for a wider audience. You still download the application, so ultrabooks with ssds have nothing to do with this. The presenter mentions the use of cloud based computation, but that won't be the only method. It's still faster to run a lot of these things on your notebook. Leveraging computing power is more to increase what can be done on your iphone or iPad, although in a few years, those will have sufficient power to run many of these functions assuming they continue to outpace growth in demands. This is just an early announcement.
There will be a lot of hand waving, and eventually you will see offline options appear or be clarified. They won't require 100% internet uptime, as no one wants to have internet service hiccups interrupt their deadlines, and such problems are still a reality. It's not reasonable to demand that everyone be on the internet whenever they wish to use an application.
