TheDoctorWhat wrote:
Walter wrote:
TheDoctorWhat wrote:
robert1955 wrote:
It is a very telling analogy, because it shows that you [and many others] think of your dealings with Adobe as an emotional relationship. It is not, it is pure business. They know it, you should know it.
Its bad business because Adobe has turned an industry standard software suite and is holding it ransom.
TheDoctorWhat wrote:
Its like and this is a bad analogy but its like dating a girl for a few years, spending time, effort money and she cheats on you ruining the relationship. You wasted you time, effort and commitment to the relationship and have nothing to show.
If you forgive the indiscretion and go back to spending time, money and effort to forget thats like what Adobe is doing or what I trying to say.
We have always had to pay for Adobe....nothing new here. I wonder how many people bought a full version of Photoshop and then stopped using it?
Adobe created the industry standard... it belongs to them....all the wingers are saying no it's mine I want to tell you how to run your business. Don't like don't buy...simple.
Adobe have given us the best photographic software in the industry....long may it continue. If the time should come that we can't afford it any longer then we will have to set our sights lower or go without a couple of "fast food" meals a month....maybe we could walk to the corner store instead of burning three or four gallons of gas each month.
It sets a precedent for every other type of software from microsoft office, word, excel stuff to charging to use email.
You let the "nice dictator" in to make things easy then it becomes a dictatorship. This is really bad and people need to look at the bigger picture as it will effect the industry. Don't think for a minute Microsoft or Apple or name the software company thinks they can get more from you they will.
Technology can be a huge problem. It makes ALL of us LAZY. Before digital you had your own darkroom or paid to get it processed, before smartphones/cell phones if it was important you would find a phone and make a call, before home theaters you went to the movies.
The World existed with people for millions of years and all this technology comes down to the last 20 years or so when digital started.
One day their will be some type of software you need to operate a motor vehicle and when you don't pay your car won't start.
