Well let me answer some of those points you raise. I think it's unfair and insultive to say that anyone who has happened to signup for the subscription model is "stupid". That is an unreasonable statement and not reflective of the concept of "choice" that people are using as the platform for their argument against what Adobe has done here. What word would you use when you saw someone sacrifice their long term benefits for a short term gain? Imagine someone who had the money to buy a car, rented the car instead. With a price that will equal the buying price in three years. And a contract that makes no guarantees not to raise the price. In this car example, would you call that a wise decision? Do you think it's generally a "wise" move to put yourself at the mercy of a large corporation? If you do that, then fine, I wish you luck and end the discussion right there. If as Creative Professionals you value "choice"and I sincerely believe you do, then you don't have the right to demean your comrades in the industry for their choices. Particularly since those choices may be perfectly valid and reasonable given their position and how it differs from yours. Oh indeed! Which is why it's strange that you are not fighting to have more choice. I would be happy to have CC and CS both as a choice. I am pro choice. Seems like you are the one happy with only one option. Creative Cloud may not favor your situation your business or your finanaces and may not suit your needs. But it's arrogant to presume that is true for all Creative Professionals. If it is advantageous for somone to use Creative Cloud then they should, and it doesn't mean they are stupid or driniking the "Adobe Koolaid" (disclaimer no offense is meant to anyone by using the word Koolaid). Sure, let's not presume that. CC is indeed great for former pirates and those who are just starting up in the industry. With the exception of students, the deal is awfully bad for the students compared to the CS deal they got. For example, in my case I don't care about having a perpetual license for the simple fact that my Youtube Channel makes more than the value of my Creative Cloud Subscription, Web Hosting and all of my other online monthly billed services. So from a business standpoint all I did was add Creative Cloud to the pot of online monthly services that come out of my "Passive Income Streams" like Youtube, Adsense, Apple, Envato etc. Using the same reasoning you could buy pretty much any crap you want. Just because you can afford something, doesn't make it a necessary or smart buy. Please enlighten me, what features of CC are absolutely essential for creating your Youtube channel content? So my challenge to others on this thread are, other than threatening Adobe, learning other software that won't impress most people on a resume as much, and whining about changes that will never come because there is no reason to make them... What can people actually do to make this work for themselves? How can people turn Creative Cloud into an asset instead of a headache? What are ways to actually solve the problem on our end? Yes let's all just be happy and sing songs together. No matter what Adobe does to us. Eternal slavery... la-la-la-la-la... 2.9 million stolen credit cards, la-la-la-la. Buggy software... la-la-la-la! Let's stop all this whining and just praise Adobe for it's greatness!
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