A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy

Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by maxxxxx on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:38PM (#14771145)

"The second you stop paying for the software, you lose access to any of your old files."

It seems you lose editing access, you still can view them. Still not great, but I wanted to clarify.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by samsolomon on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:45PM (#14771185)

I've updated my comment. You don't lose access, but you cannot open old files.

I suppose you could use a PSD or AI to Sketch converter. I'm unsure about other file types.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by maxxxxx on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:47PM (#14771200)

I think you can open and view them with Photoshop, just not edit. At least that's my understanding.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by ptero on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:16PM (#14771405)

I suspect you can still edit them with an older version of the Photoshop. PSDs have been around forever.

I am not arguing that subscription models forced by Adobe on users is a good thing. It is, IMO, horrible and is the reason I am still using CS3 for my photography hobby.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by maxxxxx on Friday July 14, 2017 @02:35PM (#14772159)

I left Adobe because of the subscription model. The fact that they don't handle Fuji images well made this decision easier.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by gaius on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:44PM (#14771180)

That is the case with Office 365 too.

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