Photoshop elements 2021 Update nicht möglich

HThe OS is the basis and the application have to follow the OS - of course not for everytime (e.g. SAP and S4) but when I buy a software like elements I expect form the producer that it supports (maybe with a time delay) upcomming OS Versions

By @Thomas27937693ou07

Hi Thomas,

In simple terms, The OS is the part of code which provides the result of the code of the application. If you delete or radically change the OS code so that orders given by the application can't work, that means that the application no longer can execute all or part of the code of the application itself. The application itself must be (generally partly) rewritten to give the same result as before.

Just compare Apple and Windows. The same logic asks them to make changes to the OS for good reasons. The fact is that in each of the recent years, there has been changes due to new technology, hardware etc. Apple has chosen to introduce new changes each time, making old application versions unable to continue working. Microsoft has managed to offer new OS version which can still work with most of the old PSE versions (I can still work with PSE 6).

Application software companies have to offer a solution to keep in line with the current state of technology and to offer new features. That can't be offered for free considering the development costs. Your PSE license is the old model, which is referred to as "perpetual license", meaning there is no limitation in time, but only IF you are working on the system requirements specified, hardware, OS version etc.

To be precise you can expect a free update in the last or two lasts years. Otherwise PSE offers a new version each year to support new features, hardware or OS version. All installed versions are independent. If you have an older version, you can get a 20% rebate for your fidelity.

Now, PSE is very marginal in Adobe's offer. So, most of its customers base is professional and widely accepts the subscription model where you "rent" the software by monthly or yearly payments and you get very frequent updates including for new OS versions. For serious users, that is more interesting than buying a  new Elements version every year.

So, if you want to keep your hardware and OS version several years with the same software version, you can look at what has happend in the five last years and take the risk. Or you should agree to the fact that getting a new OS and hardware version when you want requires upgrading your application versions each time.