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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 147081" data-attributes="member: 12214">I understand your concern that you feel the topic may be drifting from Adobe's subscription service, but it is an overall trend in computer software that many products and services are becoming cloud-centered.&nbsp; Adobe's rationale for this may be to decrease the potential for pirating of their software, but the real purpose is to hook people into their subscription model that becomes a recurring cost to the user and recurring revenue for Adobe.&nbsp; Agreed, part of Adobe's model for their cloud version is to provide continuous updates with added features, bug fixes, etc.&nbsp; Added features may actually require users to upgrade or replace their computers.&nbsp; Not everyone is able or willing to upgrade their hardware every time new software features are added that require &quot;latest &amp; greatest&quot; hardware.&nbsp; This is something that people should consider when contemplating going to a subscription service.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 147081, member: 12214"] I understand your concern that you feel the topic may be drifting from Adobe's subscription service, but it is an overall trend in computer software that many products and services are becoming cloud-centered. Adobe's rationale for this may be to decrease the potential for pirating of their software, but the real purpose is to hook people into their subscription model that becomes a recurring cost to the user and recurring revenue for Adobe. Agreed, part of Adobe's model for their cloud version is to provide continuous updates with added features, bug fixes, etc. Added features may actually require users to upgrade or replace their computers. Not everyone is able or willing to upgrade their hardware every time new software features are added that require "latest & greatest" hardware. This is something that people should consider when contemplating going to a subscription service. [/QUOTE]

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