Now they have a model where you purchase a license and keep that but updates are subscription based. Your license lasts one year but you can run the software in perpetuity. You can download updates for that year and you can extend the license for $36 to download updates for an additional year.
That's much more reasonable. I could almost be onboard with that if I liked the software enough.
Love it. Any idea how he did the that weird lighting/special effects on his face? I love the lighting and I'd like to recreate that in my own vids. Guess I have to research that now haha
Fair point. I don't mind paying for something that's worth it. But way too much stuff is just becoming bloated and expensive.
I was actually paying $7 a month for Microsoft Word subscription. At the time, having access to it was helpful, and my workplace/school used it. But fuck that noize, I canceled that today too.
I switched to open source solutions because fuck’em,
Yep, same! It's gonna be a bit of a learning curve since I was with adobe for over 30 years, but meh, I have the time to learn my away around. Fuck Adobe!
After Adobe announced yet another subscription price hike recently, I finally decided to walk away for good. I’ve used Adobe products for over 30 years; I was a professional graphic designer before I retired. But enough is enough.
Modern versions of Photoshop and Illustrator are cloud-locked and subscription-only, which makes them difficult to pirate or even just use offline. Older versions are still out there, but you have to dig through crack installers, run scripts to block network access, and constantly deal with system-level headaches, especially on a Mac. Maybe it’s easier on PC, but for me, it just wasn’t worth the time or risk.
And honestly, I’ve had enough of Adobe’s monopoly. I didn’t even feel like looking for a workaround.
So today, I switched to different software that does most of what I need. And I wiped every trace of Adobe from my system. No subscriptions. No lock-ins. From now on, if I’m going to pay for software, I want to own it. And it better run whether I’m online or not.
Yeah, I grew up on those days, and missed most of the computer revolution simply because my family couldn't afford any of it. I did have a rich friend that dabbled, so I got so see the edges of it, but I didn't get to dive in deep like a lot of people did in those days. I'm making up for it now, though!
I don't know what that means.