I've always felt that Adobe's upgrade policies have been fair and I have upgraded regularly, though not every single version. This change really sticks in my craw, for several reasons: - It forces me to pay twice to upgrade my current CS4 to CS6, when I don't need or want the upgrade to 5.5 - It forces me upgrade to 5.5 prior to December 31. Lovely of them to spring this on me right around the Holidays, when I have other expenses I need to cover! - So nice of them to slip this out in a blog post, instead of communicating it to me directly and explaining their rationale (if there is one other than greed). - I can now look forward to at least a $200 outlay every two years to stay current. Even if i don't need the new features. I'm thinking I'll say "thanks, but no thanks Adobe." Bottom line, I think I *will* take them up on their nice offer to upgrade to 5.5 at a reduced price, and then I will respectfully decline to ever give them another cent.
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 at 23:11:50 UTC
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I've always felt that Adobe's upgrade policies have been fair and I have upgraded regularly, though not every single version. This change really sticks in my craw, for several reasons:
- It forces me to pay twice to upgrade my current CS4 to CS6, when I don't need or want the upgrade to 5.5
- It forces me upgrade to 5.5 prior to December 31. Lovely of them to spring this on me right around the Holidays, when I have other expenses I need to cover!
- So nice of them to slip this out in a blog post, instead of communicating it to me directly and explaining their rationale (if there is one other than greed).
- I can now look forward to at least a $200 outlay every two years to stay current. Even if i don't need the new features. I'm thinking I'll say "thanks, but no thanks Adobe."
Bottom line, I think I *will* take them up on their nice offer to upgrade to 5.5 at a reduced price, and then I will respectfully decline to ever give them another cent.