A few things to think about. Adobe has not given us any options and there were a good number of users that didnt upgrade every year. So sure you will see in increase in yearly subscriptions, they have no other choice if they need to use this software. So the people that only updated every 2 or 3 years were forced into a yearly system for the software they used every day for their work. There also have been many cases were people didnt realize once they stop paying they would not have access to the software anymore, assuming that if they paid yearly they would have access to the software but no updates or upgrades. I was part of a paid focus group about a year ago, there was 12 of us in the group and it turns out the topic was the creative cloud. It was more about the marketing campaign they were working on, but discussion also went into how the creative cloud worked, and only 4 of the 12 understood how things worked and the nature of the subscription system. Only 4 of us. There were a few that were very upset about this as well. Sure it can be great for someone that is new and wants to try. But why not give the option for both, subscription and perpetual license? For what I do, and for many just like me, licensing is the way to go. I do not do this as a hobby, this software is used for my work and livelihood. I have been using Adobe software for well 20 years now. I loved my adobe software, but once they did the CC and subscription only, I started to look elsewhere. And I dont know anyone that uses all the software adobe has to offer, for me it was mostly 4 or 5 applications. So no, I was not spending 3500 for my software. To be blunt, if I was doing the CC now, I would be paying about 100-200 more a year then I did when I uses using the licensed versions. Plus, I would have nothing at all if I stopped paying for the subscription, compared to the fact that with a perpetual license, you pay once, and use it as long as you want. I say make it a choice, see how many people switch back to the perpetual licenses, I bet it would be a very large number.
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