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Good example why apps or games "in the cloud" is not a good idea. There is Photoshop portable, plus CS6 suite still works offline.

birdyrooster 7y ago
You could have a perpetual license to content that is hosted in the cloud by one or more providers.
- yellowapple 7y ago
  That perpetual license would mean bunk if you're suddenly prohibited from accessing that content (or more specifically: a provider is prohibited from allowing you to access that content) by an Executive Order.
  - birdyrooster 7y ago
    A perpetual license would still activate the software you had received prior to having access prohibited. That is the issue in question. People have loaded software on their machines and they cannot use it. You are bringing up another important aspect of reproduction and the importance of maintaining access to software installers, but that is a different conversation. This is how Steam works for example.
- aflag 7y ago
  Not sure if I get what you're saying. How can the consumer have that?
  - birdyrooster 7y ago
    The company sells a license for the use of the software into perpetuity as opposed to selling a subscription which limits the window of time the software may be used. A perpetual license would mean that the company could not legally withdraw your ability to use the software and could be held civilly liable. Think Steam.
cableshaft 7y ago
Yeah, I've worked on several video games that only exist on probably a handful of individual's Wiis (WiiWare) or old iPhones, or maybe in a torrent somewhere now. And yet I worked on a Playstation Portable game that you can still get from eBay for pretty cheap, over a decade after the company shut down. I'm no longer a big fan of games just being in the cloud, or even the rights not being freed up once the company dissolves.
hrktb 7y ago
This is true for photoshop, but for any other piece of software (le’ts say Outlook), just not getting security updates would be a huge deal. Also I wonder if DRM servers stay available in this case. If not, it could stop any new installs, or stop existing instances from running when the current token is expired.

birdyrooster 7y ago

You could have a perpetual license to content that is hosted in the cloud by one or more providers.

yellowapple 7y ago
That perpetual license would mean bunk if you're suddenly prohibited from accessing that content (or more specifically: a provider is prohibited from allowing you to access that content) by an Executive Order.
- birdyrooster 7y ago
  A perpetual license would still activate the software you had received prior to having access prohibited. That is the issue in question. People have loaded software on their machines and they cannot use it. You are bringing up another important aspect of reproduction and the importance of maintaining access to software installers, but that is a different conversation. This is how Steam works for example.
aflag 7y ago
Not sure if I get what you're saying. How can the consumer have that?
- birdyrooster 7y ago
  The company sells a license for the use of the software into perpetuity as opposed to selling a subscription which limits the window of time the software may be used. A perpetual license would mean that the company could not legally withdraw your ability to use the software and could be held civilly liable. Think Steam.

cableshaft 7y ago

Yeah, I've worked on several video games that only exist on probably a handful of individual's Wiis (WiiWare) or old iPhones, or maybe in a torrent somewhere now. And yet I worked on a Playstation Portable game that you can still get from eBay for pretty cheap, over a decade after the company shut down. I'm no longer a big fan of games just being in the cloud, or even the rights not being freed up once the company dissolves.

hrktb 7y ago

This is true for photoshop, but for any other piece of software (le’ts say Outlook), just not getting security updates would be a huge deal. Also I wonder if DRM servers stay available in this case. If not, it could stop any new installs, or stop existing instances from running when the current token is expired.