Cloud only, by subscription - Adobe to stop selling boxed copies of Creative Suite

[Reportage]

Meaning there won't be a 'student' price anymore?

Sure will have student rate subscription but goodbye to that 100 plus only CS Suite that can work without internet connection and with physical cds so that can reinstall/repair anytime.

 

[catchlights]

If you buy the box software, you can use the software anytime thereafter so long as there is a hardware that will support it. But if you subscribe and terminate the subscription, then you lose the use of any psd file forever.

And to be fair, each time you buy a new camera you willingly pay for a new version of Photoshop, even if you don't need the new features? Just looking for support for new camera, not new feature. And by buying box software one can skip generation, not constant upgrade.

But my biggest grouse is still I will lose my psd the moment I stop paying. Or when I am hiking in some remote place and the computer cannot access the internet...

all my files are save as tiff, layered tiff..

 

[Daoyin]

Time to down grade to PS Elements?

 

[diediealsomustdive]

One thinking is to get the latest Photoshop that supports your DSLR then look for alternative. Another is to figure out how much is covered in Light room and see if you can drop Photoshop or get help from Elements.

 

[allenleonhart]

i suspect its to prevent piracy hmm.

just a quick show.

The Most Popular Pirated Software - Stolen Software: Piracy Hits More than Movies and Music | PCMag.com
from here

Application Bittorrent Seeds
DriverPack Solution 11 17465
Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 6484
Microsoft Office 2010 3036
Microsoft Word 2007 2378


and driverpack is FOC. lol

 

[theRBK]

i suspect its to prevent piracy hmm.

there's no reason why they can't implement a similar system of frequent call-ups by the software over the net to the Adobe server even with perpetual licensed software...