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That's insane. Back in the day you bought Photoshop (a tool) and could use it forever. You bought a tool you could use. Now you need a subscription to keep usi

That's insane. Back in the day you bought Photoshop (a tool) and could use it forever. You bought a tool you could use. Now you need a subscription to keep using your tool? You need permanent Internet access, to keep using your tool? You need t keep paying to access you files? This is why Affinity Photo will probably end up taking more and more market share away from Adobe's products.

chrisseaton 6y ago
You never bought Photoshop. You licensed it. They're changing the way the licence works, is all. If you don't like it, keep using your old version under the old licence.
- bmn__ 6y ago
  This is false. You are a victim of a propaganda campaign that seeks to undermine the correct legal definitions. In most jurisdictions, buying a copy of Photoshop is the purchase of a good.
  - chrisseaton 6y ago
    > In most jurisdictions, buying a copy of Photoshop is the purchase of a good. This may be how you wish things were, but not how they actually are. Read any software licence and see what you are actually getting for your money.
    - djsumdog 6y ago
      Old version of Photoshop (3.0, 4.0, ... CS5 up to CS6) gave you a license key you could sell. It didn't include a time limit. It was yours and you could sell it or use it forever. That's gone. You can try to find old licenses for CS6, sure, but at some point, but it's a very different purchase and licensing system from what they have now.
      - chrisseaton 6y ago
        Exactly a licence key - which you could transfer to someone else. You didn't own the software. You owned a licence to use it.
        bmn__ 6y ago
        That's false. When one purchases a copy of a (book|software|video), one then owns that good. A typical proprietary software licence text is irrelevant when it comes to terms of ownership, transfer of ownership, use of the good etc. as the law applies and determines "how [things] actually are". A contract, let alone a unilaterally dictated licence text, is legally unable to take away certain rights the consumer enjoys.
tomc1985 6y ago
Personally I switched to the GIMP. I'm kind of proud I haven't felt the need to reinstall PS yet
- nitrogen 6y ago
  It's taken like 15 years too long, but GIMP finally has 16-bit and 32-bit linear light color channel support. GIMP is pretty sweet.

chrisseaton 6y ago

You never bought Photoshop. You licensed it. They're changing the way the licence works, is all. If you don't like it, keep using your old version under the old licence.

bmn__ 6y ago
This is false. You are a victim of a propaganda campaign that seeks to undermine the correct legal definitions. In most jurisdictions, buying a copy of Photoshop is the purchase of a good.
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  > In most jurisdictions, buying a copy of Photoshop is the purchase of a good. This may be how you wish things were, but not how they actually are. Read any software licence and see what you are actually getting for your money.
  - djsumdog 6y ago
    Old version of Photoshop (3.0, 4.0, ... CS5 up to CS6) gave you a license key you could sell. It didn't include a time limit. It was yours and you could sell it or use it forever. That's gone. You can try to find old licenses for CS6, sure, but at some point, but it's a very different purchase and licensing system from what they have now.
    - chrisseaton 6y ago
      Exactly a licence key - which you could transfer to someone else. You didn't own the software. You owned a licence to use it.
      - bmn__ 6y ago
        That's false. When one purchases a copy of a (book|software|video), one then owns that good. A typical proprietary software licence text is irrelevant when it comes to terms of ownership, transfer of ownership, use of the good etc. as the law applies and determines "how [things] actually are". A contract, let alone a unilaterally dictated licence text, is legally unable to take away certain rights the consumer enjoys.

tomc1985 6y ago

Personally I switched to the GIMP. I'm kind of proud I haven't felt the need to reinstall PS yet

nitrogen 6y ago
It's taken like 15 years too long, but GIMP finally has 16-bit and 32-bit linear light color channel support. GIMP is pretty sweet.