Return-Path: Received: from [64.238.169.32] (HELO mail.austinmichael.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5063359 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 07 May 2013 17:04:51 +0200 Received: from [10.0.1.13] ([70.164.195.224]) by mail.austinmichael.com (IceWarp 9.4.2 RHEL5.3) with ASMTP (SSL) id SMU85832 for ; Tue, 07 May 2013 11:13:32 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Subject: Re: [AE] CS is DEAD From: Dan Spiess In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 11:13:33 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) I've never been a fan of subscription services, and Adobe's creative = cloud subscription service is no exception. It certainly seems to fit a = majority of users, and thus will probably be successful from Adobe's = point of view. But that doesn't mean it's good for quite a number of = their users. I have problems with having to pay for ALL of their software, just to = use a few apps that I use. Yes, I can rent their apps individually, but = that doesn't give me what I had when buying, which is a package of = software apps designed for video production for a specific price = (production bundle). Now it cost more to rent the production bundle = apps than to just rent the whole kit and caboodle. I have problems with a rental service, rather than pay once and own it. = I like owning my stuff. Others like renting. Why can't Adobe have both?=20= I have problems putting all my marbles in a service that could go up in = price (note to all, it will go UP in price, guaranteed). When one buys = software, your cost with said software is contained to one purchase. Not = with renting, though. I have been off the upgrade train for quite a few years now. Not that we = don't upgrade, but we do so every couple of a versions or so, and that's = been working well for us. In our market, no clients, not one, ask which = version of software we are using. Heck, no one ever asks what software = we are using. They just want results. And we can get them without = upgrading every year. Your mileage may vary... Overall, it adds to the cost of our doing business, and that means money = out of my pocket, without anything in return. How can I support that? Dan Spiess Digital Lighthouse Productions