Erik Magnuson

They don't want the costs of selling it you, i.e. having to both create new versions and security updates to current versions. Not to mention updating ACR to work/not work. They also want a...

Even worse, if they jack up the price 50% you either pay up or get shut out. You have no equity no matter how much you've given them. "What have you done for me lately works" all Adobe's way.

Most likely, integration with other CC capabilities.

Not exactly the same: you would still lose access to the existing installation at the end of the period (unlike the previous model). If the price was $5/month, how many would still object on...

Not exactly the same: you would still lose access to the existing installation at the end of the period (unlike the previous model) and you could not resell your license (legal in some countries).....

Hmm, what if Adobe had a software vestment policy: after N years or X hundred/thousand dollars, you could stop at any time and be frozen at that version. This option could cost more per month than...

Unfortunately, at least three of these choices are pretty tightly coupled: if the price were low enough and you could trust Adobe to maintain the price, then you could "buy" N years of use which...

Version is a slippery concept w.r.t. features.  It's not uncommon for software to have the trial, lite, and full versions be bit-wise identical and the only difference a simple unlock code.

Not a fork, just some capabilities in the code base that need a CC subscription to work. They don't do point release updates for the PS codebase - only critical bug fixes and ACR plugin.  They do...

If you want to be pendantic, s/CC LR/LR with CC subscription/g

This depends on your definition of "change".  CC LR will almost certainly integrate with other CC products & services -- which would be added functionality for members only.  For example CC...

Whenever I buy a copy of Photoshop, I either paid for past development or am giving Adobe money for future development.  They lose a future sale that will either repay R&D or fund new R&D. Not...

When did they ever stop putting lenses first? Sigma lenses have been coming out at a pretty steady rate for as long as they have been into digital cameras. Not that many people: mirrorless sales...

The pension fund gets roughly 23 cents on the dollar NOW.  The alternative would be to wait until a bankruptcy court/administrator makes some other division of the remaining assets LATER after the...

His data and/or analysis is obsolete.  The measurements from modern sensors do not match his theory.  If you want another opinion,...

Nope, that's not the laws of physics.  Pixel size has little relation to noise - total sensor size and pixel efficiency (q3, fill factor, color filter loss) matters more.  For example, the NEX7 has...

Same sensor? No, it has more on-sensor PDAF points. But it's the same fab process using essentially the same pixel & ADC design so any performance differences would be minimal.

That's on the 14MP NEX-5. Try here: http://www.photozone.de/sony_nex/724-sony1855f3556oss The low rating is due to the poor to fair off-center performance at the wider end, high distortion,...

Where they say at the bottom of the page "the process for the Sigma was similar but with the use of the bundled Sigma Photo Pro software"?  The embedded xmp info says the original CreatorTool was...

The common law rules can always be overridden by a specific statute.  An easy example is that sunken warships are not subject to the same ancient maritime salvage laws as commercial ships.  (By...