When did Adobe kill perpetual licence?

[havoc]

That stinks.

I'm sure that's borderline legal/illegal of them, but what can you do? Even if they have crossed the line, proving it and getting 'satisfaction' will cost a load of time and money.

[GravelBen]

The legality must be questionable if it was sold as a perpetual licence and they didn't inform you at purchase that they could cancel it later?

Depends what was hidden in the fine print I guess, and does anybody ever fully read or keep a record of that?

If I found a good, reasonably priced alternative to Lightroom I'd be interested to get away from Adobe's persistent bloatware and greed. Though to give them some credit, recent developments like denoise have been quite impressive and useful.

Edited by GravelBen on Wednesday 3rd April 06:00

[havoc]

GravelBen said:

If I found a good, reasonably priced alternative to Lightroom I'd be interested to get away from Adobe's persistent bloatware and greed. Though to give them some credit, recent developments like denoise have been quite impressive and useful.

That's pretty much where I've got to. Nothing on the market quite as rounded as Lr.

[Derek Smith]

Affinity have a duo that can replace a lot of PS's functionality and at a significantly lower price. I opted from PS to Affinity some time ago and haven't looked back. Looking forward, thought, is a different matter. They've just been taken over by Canva and it would appear they will go for subscription, but promise to always have a perpetual licence. I recommend the current offerings, but I doubt that the 5-years of updates will remain.

[BrokenSkunk]

Byker28i said:

Yup I used Lightroom and Photoshop lots, not so much now as I don't use the DSLR so much now. Hence when Adobe moved to subscription I made sure I bought the last perpetual licenced version of both Lightroom and Photoshop. I have 6.14 Lightroom and Photoshop CS5.1 both bought and paid for full licence. Starting photoshop now gives

Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 2nd April 11:45

I'd be inclined to contact them and inform them that they appear to have inadvertantly switched of your perptual license. Ask for it to be switched back on immediately. And then if they say no, follow it up with a letter before action claiming a refund.

That's just not cricket.

[StevieBee]

GravelBen said:

If I found a good, reasonably priced alternative to Lightroom I'd be interested to get away from Adobe's persistent bloatware and greed. Though to give them some credit, recent developments like denoise have been quite impressive and useful.

I really don't think that Adobe are any more greedy than any other similar company. They constantly deliver what is the best package of imaging software that is being upgraded constantly. This costs money and you get what you pay for.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, they've changed their model to veer more wholly to the pro-market and serious amateurs. For these groups, if you've spent many £,000s on gear, a few hundred quid a year on the software to manage your shots seems OK to me.

[thebraketester]

Byker28i said:

Yup I used Lightroom and Photoshop lots, not so much now as I don't use the DSLR so much now. Hence when Adobe moved to subscription I made sure I bought the last perpetual licenced version of both Lightroom and Photoshop. I have 6.14 Lightroom and Photoshop CS5.1 both bought and paid for full licence. Starting photoshop now gives

Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 2nd April 11:45

For years piracy has been on the decline, and for this very reason I think and hope that it will make a come back. This behaviour is unacceptable.