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Forced to buy new computer

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September 4, 2023
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There's got to be a law to protect photographers being forced to buy new computers (usually consting $3,000 or more to edit photos) just because adobe and photoshop forces us to upgrade thier software (that works fine on our sustem), even though it's no longer compatable with the OS that we''re currently running, and our computers does not support the newer (required) OS version. Give the the days when we bought the software, and used it until it no longer did what we needed it to do. I used the last version of Photoshop I purchased on CDs for over 5 yeats before I needed to upgrade, because my new compter wouldn't run it.

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Correct answer davescm

'.......adobe and photoshop forces us to upgrade thier software.....'

No-one forces you to update. Turn off auto updates in the CC desktop application and your subscription will run the currently installed version until you decide to update it, or until you update your operating system to an OS version that requires a later Photoshop version.

Dave

bellevue scott

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Technology moves fast, and sometimes in order to make new features you need to have newer hardware. But that doesn't mean you need the updates. I have in my small business 7 Macs and two PCs, all running Photoshop. A couple of those machines are old Mac Pros, 2013 edition, and we still use them. We can no longer update the OS or PS on those two machines, but we still use them for a lot of day to day things in PS. In most cases we don't notice that they aren't up to date, and we don't care. They work fine. Every year or two we rotate one of our machines to a lesser used workstation and buy new ones, and the new ones are for our most intensive day to day editing. But the old ones still work and we have no need to throw them out.

If you don't require it, there's no need to be on the latest version. In many cases you're not missing much.

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Walter_Varela

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it truly is a digusting habbit in where they feed each other money by neutering us. only creatives with money can use their software. it makes me angry and am currenly unable to use the AI fill because theyre forcing me to buy a new computer. i hate them for this the stress its causing is insane.

davescm

Community Expert

New features tend to be developed for current hardware. That always was, and will always be, the case regardless of the licensing model. Restricting developments to those which will run on older hardware would mean some would never be released.

Dave

D Fosse

Community Expert

What makes you think perpetual licenses were any different in this regard? You said it yourself.

This works both ways: Adobe is forced to develop their software for new operating systems and hardware.

The whole computer business is the Red Queen: you have to keep running just to keep in one place. Like it or not.

davescm

Correct answer

Community Expert

'.......adobe and photoshop forces us to upgrade thier software.....'

No-one forces you to update. Turn off auto updates in the CC desktop application and your subscription will run the currently installed version until you decide to update it, or until you update your operating system to an OS version that requires a later Photoshop version.

Dave

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Chloe Cor

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Yeah? ??? No one warned me that I needed to turn that option off. Adobe could have at least given me warning and the option to decide to turn it off instead of automatically upgrading me to something that wouldn't work on my machine. I'm so sick of this Tyranny of Upgrade, it is Daylight Robbery

davescm

Community Expert

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html

In addition to turning off auto upgrades, if an upgrade does cause issues you can uninstall it and download the previous version. Adobe make the both the current and previous versions downloadable from the CC app.

Dave

jane-e

Community Expert

There's got to be a law to protect photographers being forced to buy new computers
By @David32069713fn01

Adobe and Photoshop do not force you to buy a new computer. Your old version will continue to work on your old computer and OS as long as both continue working. It's only when you change your computer and/or OS that you need a newer version of software.

Subscriptions to Photoshop include future upgrades.

“Give the the days when we bought the software”

What you bought was a license to use the software according to the licensing terms.

Jane

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Walter_Varela

Participant

seriously the gaslighting needs to stop. we can no longer use features used by all when these features worked just fine before the updates. defending thi behaviour doesnt benefit anyone . you might have bought a lisence but you could use it for years and years this new system only makes them more money and limits creatives of lower financial status.

davescm

Community Expert

Which feature can you no longer use? If the computer does not meet the current requirements then turn off auto-updates and use the working software without changes.

Dave

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