I won't buy into it. I pay for something I use it outright.. that simple.
 
much like folk are too lazy to get off their ... to go to the shop for a game , a lot of the time things like steam are more expensive, for say a new game.
 

Fog, I wish I could take your stance because I agree in principal. Unfortunately Adobe made the move of not offering standalone products anymore and have a monopoly on certain products. Premiere is easily replaced.  Audition is also easily replaced too. Unfortunately Photoshop does not have a single legit competitor and the only competing products for After Effects are very expensive. Illustrator has inched closer to monopoly too.

More companies that do it the more "acceptable" it becomes too which is annoying.

I use corel photo paint x3 and their video studio pro.. not been bothered to update either, and for quick editing .net paint.. but I can see the whole industry standard argument etc.. just I think they will have rivals that aren't pay-per-view as such. I used to use photoshop myself.
 
much as people go on about uad and things like waves.. I'll stick to fabfilter , psp, izotope :)
 
I find it , well a privacy issue. where it will get to a point where they will want you to store YOUR work on their servers etc. thats how it seems to be going.. or maybe I read 1984 too much as a kid ;-)
 
 
 

Sadly, this gives pirates more incentive to keep doing what they do.  Pirates are going to be pirates anyway, but I find some of my colleagues find themselves more open to the concept.  I fear all software will move towards online app store to try and combat the fact that it is probably impossible to make any software crack proof.

Fog, I find it is easier to get by not using "strandard" products when it comes to audio.  i think that does give audio software users an advantage.  The best freeware audio apps are actually quite good.  For visual apps I find there are far less alternatives and even the few alternatives result in very time consuming workflow issues .  A good examples is Blender.  If you have the patience, Blender offers 3d modeling and animation, video editing and compositing and even some motion tracking. It is very capable at all of them but the time consumed on workarounds makes it impractical for me to use it for more than just dabbling in 3d. ANother issue with visual software is that collaboration is much harder if using other software.  I have used Corel products and they are good but only up to a certain point.  Trust me when I say tat Photoshop may have the most stable hold on being a monopoly among professionals.
 

For the companies the "subscription" model more accurately represents
an "annual income".  It is also, more dependable.  So, this trend will continue...

Having said that....I don't like it.  It's like WUP.  It's paying "just in case" 
rather then "because"...and eventually the companies will start to take
advantage of that....

cclarry
For the companies the "subscription" model more accurately represents
an "annual income".  It is also, more dependable.  So, this trend will continue...

Having said that....I don't like it.  It's like WUP.  It's paying "just in case" 
rather then "because"...and eventually the companies will start to take
advantage of that....

+1  I really do feel held hostage.  For now my red giant stuff works but they have offered an  a la carte style system called universe and I fear if it is successful all their software will go that route.  From a business sense i do get it because it does generate income less likely to fluctuate.  It just sucks for me lol

I hate subscription.  Of course, I hate having my old software going out of date, too.  I use MS word 2003 and I guess I need to upgrade to the sub for MS.  I didn't do it for Adobe tho since I can't justify $100 a year for the little I use it.
 
It is good for the companies, and for businesses, but for the individual, not so much.  MS Office was how much back in 2003?  Imagine paying $1100 for it - over time.  Even w/ free storage that is a lot for the single program I use  it for.