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It's so much worse when a subscription business fails. You can lose access to your data with very little notice to migrate. At least standalone software keeps w

It's so much worse when a subscription business fails. You can lose access to your data with very little notice to migrate. At least standalone software keeps working for a while after the company maintaining it is gone.

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redox99 4y ago
That's a cloud vs desktop distinction, not a subscription vs buy once. If Adobe went out of business, you wouldn't lose any local stuff.
- sllabres 4y ago
  "Well, is officially illegal has an Adobe products if you live in Venezuela" (Okt 2019) [1] From [2] (due to sanctions from the US to Venezuela) [1] https://twitter.com/AenderLara/status/1181291242531020800/photo/1 https://twitter.com/AenderLara/status/1181291242531020800/ph... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20904030/adobe-venezuela-photoshop-behance-us-sanctions https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20904030/adobe-venezuela-...
sebazzz 4y ago
That’s really a DRM issue for non-SaaS software: how do you activate software.