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and who doesn't spend $25 at B&H during a lifetime?
It also has made it difficult for those who made illegal copies, so people have had to pay.
I do wish there was a model for infrequent users, but to do that might be too difficult and easy to hack. I don't think people would want Adobe checking each photo. Perhaps there could be a model where you prepay by the hour for usage. I don't think they believe that there is much demand for something like that.
I remember buying a copy of Photoshop on eBay 10 years ago because the price was so low. Think I paid over $100. It didn't come in a box, but the disk looked original. I was able to register it too. I guess it was probably a pirated disk.From what I've read and am to understand, CC was cracked pretty quickly after it came out and it is still fairly easy to get a cracked copy of Adobe products if you want to go that route....
I remember buying a copy of Photoshop on eBay 10 years ago because the price was so low. Think I paid over $100. It didn't come in a box, but the disk looked original. I was able to register it too. I guess it was probably a pirated disk.
Adobe used exactly the same 'phone home' protocol pre and post CC, it was 'cracked' within a couple of days of release.From what I've read and am to understand, CC was cracked pretty quickly after it came out and it is still fairly easy to get a cracked copy of Adobe products if you want to go that route....
Everyone has their preference. I never thought about my copy being pirated. I guess somebody could have got it in a deal from one of the big camera outlets with a purchase and didn't need it. Who knows? Had I suspected it was pirated, I would not have bought, job or no job. Just not how I roll.I can understand folks doing this, especially if just starting out, broke college student, etc.....but when you get out and get a 'real job' I think it best to pay for what you get.
Pirated software often drives paying users, I mean that's one real reason MS Windows gained such a stronghold from the early days.
But in the mean time, I still have a problem with "renting" my software and I've expressed that countless times here before.
Right now, I'm having plenty of fun using alternates to Adobe like:
On1 RAW in lieu or Lightroom
Affinity Photo in lieu of Photoshop
Davinci Resolve and Fusion in lieu of Premier and After Effects (I'm still just new and learning these, I also like FCPX tho).
So far I've found these to be quite sufficient for my photo/video needs.
I'm also dabbling around with:
Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher as I'm able to find time. I like that they're not on the rental merry go round.....and I'm seeing with both Affinity and now even with new releases of On1, that they are coming up with great ways to have their application interconnect and interact more and more, much like Adobe products do.
I think everyone should be happy that Adobe has competition....as that it is always good to have alternates...AND should help to keep Adobe on its toes and push them to keep innovating at least a little bit.
My $0.02,
cayenne