This is just ignorant BS and FUD. If you don't like it, fine, but at least get your fact straight and stop spreading nonsense.
1) Your files are not in the cloud, they are on your machine.
2) You own your files, not Adobe
3) LR does not touch your files and they remain in whatever format you imported them into LR at the time, in the location you put them in.
4) LR - by default - exports to PS as TIFF, which can be read by any application that can read image formats.
5) PS returns files to LR in the same format as it received them, so if you sent it as TIFF, it will come back as TIFF as per default.
6) The native file extension for PS files is PSD. These can be read by virtually any program that can read image formats. Even Mac OS X Preview can read PSD files. As does every other program that may to some extend or not be a competitor to PS. There is no such thing as not being able to read PS files.
7) As far as price, we will have to see. You do realize no corporate lawyer will allow them to say "price is $9.95 forever until eternity", right? Once you don't like it anymore, cancel. We've already established that its not an issue with your files.
So, ffs, stop the BS. If you want to spout off against Adobe, at least show some respect to the rest of us by taking the time to learn and know what you are talking about. Just screaming about vague underbelly feelings without basis in fact does yourself and the rest of the people reading a disservice.
Good. A strong response.
First of all, I am mainly talking about PS and AE files and the graphics industries. Photographers have options for LR.
After you subscribe, Adobe has control over whether you can OPEN your PS and AE application files on your own hard drive, based upon whether you are paid up. That (access) is essentially the same as ownership. An application that won't open is worthless.
In other words, the control of YOUR files is now completely dependent upon Adobe's application. So who owns the files now?
In fact, you don't even own the stand-alone application. You rent it. By clicking the agree button on the licensing agreement, you are not allowed to sell it. After a certain point (I don't have the time to dredge up when this transpired), there are NO legal used copies of stand-alone PS or AE. These apps are only licensed to the original buyer.
So, at this point, if you don't have a recent legal stand-alone copy of PS or AE (I do), then you have essentially ceded control of your graphics business to Adobe. At this point, there are no professional options for PS or AE. Especially since Adobe bought Macromedia and ended development of Freehand.
Yes, the PS and AE files are on your hard drive, not on the cloud. Note that I said "MUCH LIKE the cloud owns your content." It was an allusion, not a direct statement.
You did know that all of your files in clouds are owned by whoever owns the cloud servers, right? They can pretty much do anything they want with them. You might want to read the recent article on the BBC News website about the dangers of uploading your files to a cloud. Woz himself is now warning people about the cloud concept.
Regarding file opening, yeah, PSD files can be opened, one way or another, by everyone. But that is the file as it exists. You can't open the Adobe application to WORK on the file unless you are paid up.
Cancel? Oh, you mean stop working on images at a pro level? Because there are no pro application alternatives.
So now someone is going to say, well, if you are not making enough money to pay Adobe, get into another biz. Well, I am in another biz, but since I was previously in media for two decades, I'd rather make my own graphics without paying Adobe tribute money for bug fixes.
The price is going to become as much as they can charge. That's business. And since they don't have any pro level competitors for PS or AE, they can pretty much set the fees for as much as the market can bear. That's after the low introductory price. Your options at this point. None.
But hey, there's more. What happens when Adobe's subscription system has issues with some subscriptions? Can't happen? It happened to Avid. Some people were locked out of their own files for two weeks.
So yeah, I posted a strong message. But that's because not many people are paying attention to the small print.
Hopefully, there's enough cited detail in this post to factually support the initial strongly worded post.