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WolfShade
WolfShade
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May 14, 2019
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Adobe says that if you're using an older version of CC, you could be in trouble

  • May 14, 2019
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Does anyone else find this to be totally ridiculous?  Or is it just me?

https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/14/adobe-creative-cloud-older-apps-warning/

So, if I'm using Adobe CC 2017 (I'm not, I'm using CS6) I could be in violation.

Other IDEs are looking better and better, all the time.  Thanks, Adobe.

V/r,

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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May 14, 2019

WolfShade  wrote

So, if I'm using Adobe CC 2017 (I'm not, I'm using CS6) I could be in violation.

No you're not in violation.  Apart from the fact that CC desktop app no longer supports legacy CC going all the way back to CS6, this is all just a tempest in a teapot.   All versions of DW continue to be authorized.  So keep right on using them if you need to.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
WolfShade
WolfShadeAuthor
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May 14, 2019

According to the Engadget article, Adobe has sent letters to users saying that if they stick to the older versions that they _could be_ "at risk of potential claims of infringement by third parties".  That doesn't sound authorized, to me.

An Adobe spokesperson informed AppleInsider: "Adobe recently discontinued certain older versions of Creative Cloud applications. Customers using those versions have been notified that they are no longer licensed to use them..."  That sounds an awful lot like not all Dw products are authorized.

So, yes, according to the Engadget article, you can continue using them.  But at a risk.

Now, how likely is a third party to discover you're using an older version?  IDK.  But does anyone really want to risk being in that one-percent group?

V/r,

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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May 14, 2019

If you look at the list of unauthorized products I posted above, that is the official list Adobe sent out.  Effected products are mostly form the audio, video and photography divisions.  Dreamweaver is not on the list.   OK?  So stop worrying about it. 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
HARSHIKA_VERMA
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HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
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May 14, 2019

Hi all,

As @pziecina mentioned, there is an ongoing discussion regarding this topic. Please add your voice here: No more legacy CC apps

Thanks,

Harshika

    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    May 14, 2019

    There's a short list of CC program versions that are no longer authorized and "could, potentially, lead to a legal issues with third parties (that Adobe won't help with now that they're unauthorized)".

    DW did not make the list: Changes to Creative Cloud Download Availability and Usage

    At the same time as the "unauthorized versions" email went out from Adobe's lawyers, Adobe also changed their "what's available through the CC Desktop App" policy to the current version and the one immediately previous to it as the only ones that will show in the app.

    Most previous versions are not "unauthorized" they're simply no longer available through the app, so if you do have one, it's likely to work for years to come. An expected level of confusion came about because of the terrible timing of two separate policy changes.

    pziecina
    pziecina
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    May 14, 2019

    You obviously missed -

    https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2620830

    I don't think Adobe is wrong in doing this, but for what Dw now offers I do think it Adobe is more likely to drop Dw. Simply because it now offers nothing that cannot be done cheaper or better by other products.

    WolfShade
    WolfShadeAuthor
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    May 14, 2019

    pziecina  wrote

    You obviously missed -

    No more legacy CC apps

    No, I saw/read it the day Nancy wrote it.  Just her OP and a few responses, none of which explained _why_ Adobe was doing this (the whole Dolby thing).  It still doesn't help users who are using older versions ON PURPOSE because Adobe decided that the users didn't need certain tools, or decided that the users really wanted the tools to be altered from the original.

    V/r,

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    pziecina
    pziecina
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    May 14, 2019

    WolfShade  wrote

    It still doesn't help users who are using older versions ON PURPOSE because Adobe decided that the users didn't need certain tools, or decided that the users really wanted the tools to be altered from the original.

    That's why I think Adobe is doing the right thing overall, (though it does not help Dw users).

    By dropping older versions, hopefully all the products development teams can concentrate on improving future releases, (I did say 'hopefully'). Without users comparing features to how they use to work.

    Dw is for me a different story when it comes to development of features, as no one appears to know, (in Adobe or the Dw team/managment)) what web developers require, both now or in the future. I doubt if Adobe will publish who are members of their Dw CAB team, (mainly ACP's) but upto 3 years ago less than 15% of them worked or had ever worked in web development. Most had never built anything beyond their own personal site, (often using templates) and only a few could code using html5/css3/server-side/modern-js.

    The CAB members are supposed to be the ones to 'advise' the Dw team, (probably don't anymore).

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