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Same here for Adobe Creative Suite; still on version 6 (perpetual license), which I run in a Virtual Machine due to support end-of-life.

dd36 7y ago
Intuit Quickooks is same way. Hasn’t substantively changed in 20 years but they stop you from importing new data if you don’t update to latest every 3 years. They need some real competition.
- toasterlovin 7y ago
  > They need some real competition. Have you tried Xero? I haven’t, but if you have, I’d be curious to hear your take on it.
  - keithnz 7y ago
    We run our company on Xero, it's pretty good!
- projektfu 7y ago
  There’s Sage 50 if you want desktop, but even desktop QB is on life support and everyone’s going online.
- takeda 7y ago
  Switched to GnuCash and didn't look back. The UI is uglier, but at least it works correctly with double entry bookkeeping.
dangoor 7y ago
FWIW, I think Adobe actually adds quite a bit to Creative Cloud every year, plus they offer fonts and connections with their mobile apps and such as part of the same price. Creative Cloud today is a very different beast from CS6. (obdisclaimer: I worked for Adobe several years ago, but have no current stake other than being on the CC photography plan)
- matwood 7y ago
  And I think all the plans come with cloud storage which syncs across devices. I fought the subscription plan for LR, but realized I usually updated yearly and had this complicated file management system for my photos. For $120/year I have the latest LR versions on all my devices and only have to worry about true backup. I do keep an eye out for a LR replacement, but I haven't found anything that comes close to LRs file management.
- wlesieutre 7y ago
  Same boat here. I’ll concede that they do add things, but as a pretty small scale hobbyist they don’t add anything I want or need. But they expect me to pay the same full price as a pro user. I used to buy it every couple of versions or when it went on sale, and that was good enough for my needs. No such luck anymore.
  - dangoor 7y ago
    Depending on what you do use, Mac users actually have lots of great choices now. The Affinity apps, for example, are terrific.
    - wlesieutre 7y ago
      I’ve got them! Did a stint on Sketch as well. It’s now gone subscription, but it think it’s the more acceptable “still works but you stops getting updates” type subscription like jetbrains. What I really want is an Affinity photo library manager like Lightroom. I’ve looked at some currently available options and not been impressed, but there were tweets to the effect that Affinity was thinking about it.
      - prox 7y ago
        I believe its the current objective to produce a lightroom alternative.
        wlesieutre 7y ago
prox 7y ago
Switched to Affinity, Photo, Designer and Publisher are pretty awesome and a true replacement for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Switched 1.5 years ago, never looked back and saved a lot of money in the process. There are a few things it doesn’t have, but its impressive nonetheless. The devs are very committed to speed and anti bloat.

dd36 7y ago

Intuit Quickooks is same way. Hasn’t substantively changed in 20 years but they stop you from importing new data if you don’t update to latest every 3 years. They need some real competition.

toasterlovin 7y ago
> They need some real competition. Have you tried Xero? I haven’t, but if you have, I’d be curious to hear your take on it.
- keithnz 7y ago
  We run our company on Xero, it's pretty good!
projektfu 7y ago
There’s Sage 50 if you want desktop, but even desktop QB is on life support and everyone’s going online.
takeda 7y ago
Switched to GnuCash and didn't look back. The UI is uglier, but at least it works correctly with double entry bookkeeping.

dangoor 7y ago

FWIW, I think Adobe actually adds quite a bit to Creative Cloud every year, plus they offer fonts and connections with their mobile apps and such as part of the same price. Creative Cloud today is a very different beast from CS6. (obdisclaimer: I worked for Adobe several years ago, but have no current stake other than being on the CC photography plan)

matwood 7y ago
And I think all the plans come with cloud storage which syncs across devices. I fought the subscription plan for LR, but realized I usually updated yearly and had this complicated file management system for my photos. For $120/year I have the latest LR versions on all my devices and only have to worry about true backup. I do keep an eye out for a LR replacement, but I haven't found anything that comes close to LRs file management.
wlesieutre 7y ago
Same boat here. I’ll concede that they do add things, but as a pretty small scale hobbyist they don’t add anything I want or need. But they expect me to pay the same full price as a pro user. I used to buy it every couple of versions or when it went on sale, and that was good enough for my needs. No such luck anymore.
- dangoor 7y ago
  Depending on what you do use, Mac users actually have lots of great choices now. The Affinity apps, for example, are terrific.
  - wlesieutre 7y ago
    I’ve got them! Did a stint on Sketch as well. It’s now gone subscription, but it think it’s the more acceptable “still works but you stops getting updates” type subscription like jetbrains. What I really want is an Affinity photo library manager like Lightroom. I’ve looked at some currently available options and not been impressed, but there were tweets to the effect that Affinity was thinking about it.
    - prox 7y ago
      I believe its the current objective to produce a lightroom alternative.
      - wlesieutre 7y ago

prox 7y ago

Switched to Affinity, Photo, Designer and Publisher are pretty awesome and a true replacement for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Switched 1.5 years ago, never looked back and saved a lot of money in the process. There are a few things it doesn’t have, but its impressive nonetheless. The devs are very committed to speed and anti bloat.