Cloud enthusiasts – something to consider

[Walter Soyka]

Maybe we can consolidate this discussion into your other thread:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/938680

I’ve responded there.

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[Tom Daigon]

And if you think this price boosting cant happen, IT ALREADY IS.

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[Tom Daigon]

Walter , I started this new thread since its more focused on the pricing conventions of the Cloud as opposed to anything having to do with the perpetual license.

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[Walter Soyka]

This is not price-boosting. This has been the deal since Creative Cloud was introduced.

You pay a lower price if you commit to a year than if you only commit to a single month.

If you’re using Adobe apps full-time, go for the yearly plan — it’s cheaper. If you just need to add a seat for a short-term project, get the monthly plan — it’s cheaper.

Adobe is offering options to keep user costs down, and I think that’s a good thing.

But really, let’s try to keep this to a single thread. There’s a lot of overlap between these two forums.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/938680

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[Walter Soyka]

You cross-posted this exact topic on the Premiere forum, too. I’m pointing there since there’s already a good amount of discussion there, and relatively little here.

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[Tom Daigon]

Walter, there are folks who dont read both forums. Some just read PrP and other just read AE. Lets not assume everyone reads in the same manner you do. 😀

I think it appropriate that each venue has the opportunity to comment on the topic.

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[Tom Daigon]

[Dave LaRonde] “Cloud, schmoud.”

LOL. Thanks for the early morning laugh Dave 😀

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[Walter Soyka]

[Tom Daigon] “Walter, there are folks who dont read both forums. Some just read PrP and other just read AE. Lets not assume everyone reads in the same manner you do. 😀 I think it appropriate that each venue has the opportunity to comment on the topic.”

I’m not assuming that people read both forums — I’m assuming the opposite, and I’m telling the people here that there was already a vibrant conversation going on there.

Licensing certainly concerns both Ae and Pr users, but cross-posting in different forums splits the conversation. Consolidating grows it and exposes more people to more POVs.

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[Walter Soyka]

[Dave LaRonde] “I have other issues with the cloud: data security. My across the street neighbor is a data security expert for a government contractor, and I asked him point-blank: “How secure is data on the cloud?” His reply: “It isn’t.””

Dave, Creative Cloud is (IMHO) a bit of a misnomer — it calls home to authenticate every month, but the applications are running locally on your own computer, and your files stay on your own computer unless you explicitly upload them yourself to cloud storage.

https://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud/faq.html

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[Tom Daigon]

Dave, I am in complete agreement with your POV.

I was just thanking you for your humorous phrasing.

Look at my postings. We are of the same mind on this topic.

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