end of perpetual software license – Linked and Loaded https://www.linkedandloaded.com Blog covering New Media, Web 2.0 and Social Media Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:29:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Adobe pisses off more customers with Photoshop CC subscription mandate https://www.linkedandloaded.com/2013/07/05/adobe-pisses-off-more-customers-with-photoshop-cc-subscription-mandate/ https://www.linkedandloaded.com/2013/07/05/adobe-pisses-off-more-customers-with-photoshop-cc-subscription-mandate/#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:29:43 +0000 https://www.linkedandloaded.com/?p=640 If you want to use Photoshop CC, you have to purchase a monthly or yearly subscription. The days of the perpetual license are ending at Adobe, and that has left many customers furious, as these letters to the NYT reviewer make clear.

I have mixed feelings on this. I don’t have a huge problem with Adobe’s strategy, but I think they’re pricing it too high. The same goes for Dreamweaver. David Pogue points out that GIMP is a free competitor to Photoshop, and while Adobe will make out big in the short run, perhaps by pricing it too high they risk losing serious market share over time.

We’ll see how it plays out.

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