Adobe is going to only sell subscription based Photoshop

[jnantz]

No way in hell I'm going to pay $50 or so dollars a month for a piece of software I use 3 times a month (if that). I'm not a professional, photography is a hobby for me and I can't justify paying that much. And sorry to say this, but a cracked and pirated version of the next PS is looking better and better if they continue this BS.

Isn't Adobe owned by a guy from India? This should explain a lot.

why would you think, as a hobbyist who uses PS maybe 3 times a month anyone would suggest you
subscribe to it? i'm using a 5 year old version of cs2 on an even older g5 and g4 ... and even though
i shoot professionally i have not upgraded my system or PS software to the current versions.
a new laptop or mini loaded will run me at least 2K and then the current version of PS so i could upgrade to
the cloud + subscribe platform would cost me a chunk of change too. not going to do it anytime soon.

big deal if adobe being owned by someone from india ... i am sure there are some very skilled people
from all over the planet working for adobe no matter where they are from.

your comments explain a lot

[paulr]

Petitioning has begun.


Petition at change.org.

[Tin Can]

Signed

Petitioning has begun.


Petition at change.org.

[Lenny Eiger]

Signed

[Tin Can]

This thread is done, because it will now be a series of 'signed'

[Ben Syverson]

Best way to vote is with your dollars... Adobe is a public company. If their profits take a dive this quarter, they'll bring back CS. Otherwise...

[Tin Can]

Adobe claims millions of customers, we will not make a dent, if true.

[Preston]

Best way to vote is with your dollars... Adobe is a public company. If their profits take a dive this quarter, they'll bring back CS. Otherwise...

My sentiment, exactly.

I did sign the petition.

Both actions will help.

--P

[Eric James]

I've been upgrading Photoshop every other edition. For the CS4 to CS6 upgrade I paid $200 plus WA sales tax; roughly four years after upgrading I would have upgraded to "CS8" for a similar price. For four years of Photoshop CC my cost would be $1050 with tax.

When VP of Adobe Creative Solutions was asked: "How do you justify the price increase to photographers?", he dodged the question by saying: "Last year we actually cut the price of Lightroom in half in order to open it up to a broader market of photographers."

I'll milk at least three more years out of CS6 and find a suitable (non-Adobe) replacement in 2016.

[Struan Gray]

The problem is not the price. Yes it stings that the price has been raised, but that is not what really matters here.

The real problem is that once you stop paying your subscription, you have nothing usable. Adobe's solution is to use an older legacy copy of the non-subscription software. Good luck finding one of those (legally) a year or so from now.

There is no way for the impecunious amateur to make do with trailing edge technology. Photoshop is no longer a tool, it's a handyman who won't work on tick.

It's as if all book publishers decided that in future books could only be read in subscription-only reading rooms.