OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

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This is why I'm uncomfortable with suites of software. Especially ones that are so interdependent. I don't like having all my eggs in one basket.

Nadine

PS: Z, you seem to be good with numbers. How much are we going to need to raise to create an FM competitor?

>Almost everyone keeps ignoring the question of CHOICE. There's no doubt you can make a case for subscription but you can also make a case for getting the disks or downloading the software.
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>Of what benefit to Adobe is depriving us to choose what we want? Why is mailing me disks for additional cost or providing a download bad for Adobe? Clearly it isn't. There is something else going on.
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Certainly Adobe will jack up the price of subscription. They might have other things in mind also but the point is, why make everyone adopt a model that doesn't benefit everyone? What's in it for Adobe? That's what I'd like to know.