Forced to buy new computer

[David32069713fn01]

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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[jane-e]

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

[Walter_Varela]

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]

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

[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

[D Fosse]

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.

[Walter_Varela]

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]

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

[Lumigraphics]

If you want new features, you might need a new computer. Things we couldn't do in the past, with legacy systems:

Real-time video conferencing

AI

Video editing (at all, let alone HD/4K/8K video)

Streaming music

Photo-realistic gaming

Storage of multi-megabyte files

And I'm sure you can think of many more.

[Lumigraphics]

Oh and my personal editing system is a US$800 M1 Mac mini with two $20 thrift store displays (I lucked into some really nice wide-gamut monitors cheap.) If you pay attention and look around, you don't have to spend huge amounts of money to get something reasonably current.