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[Bill Davis] “I want to keep the power of opening my purse in my hands whenever possible. Not cede it to a business unless there’s no other way. I can tolerate the electric company doing it, because I need the serevice AND I can control my demand.
With RansomWare, I have to pay the entity in charge whether or not I consume anything from them in a particular cycle.
Not good, in my book.”
[Aindreas Gallagher] “what he said.”
Yep.
Bill, for once, we’re 100% in agreement 🙂
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[Walter Soyka] “David wants to be able to pay for three years, then keep what he’s got so far. Adobe wants him to pay indefinitely. I’m curious to know what they respectively are willing to pay and be paid, that’s all.”
Walter, I’m happy to answer.
$30/month x 12 months x 3 years = 360/year = $1080 total
I would gladly pay this for the Production Suite Applications
$50/month x 12 months x 3 years = 600/year = $1800 total
I would gladly pay this for the Master Collection Applications
Note how these prices are essentially identical to what my yearly perpetual upgrade costs would have been as a current CS6 owner.
I think these prices would be completely fair for both Adobe and for me. I’d get the practical benefit of a working archive copy of the software, Adobe gets my commitment to buy over a predictable, extended timeframe.
If Adobe truly innovates and creates cloud-based features I’d actually use, I’d probably continue my subscription longer than three years. But the three year exit is important because it restores the balance of supply and demand that gets skewed in a DRM lock-in situation.
In any event, it’s trivial to implement. They could do it tomorrow. It would be a win-win and end the controversy instantly.
A copy of CS6 won’t fly. It doesn’t open Premiere Pro CC projects.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “they’re looking into it – obvious to say but nobody should sign up to CC under the current terms, if better terms are to emerge – also, if nobody signs up to the current terms, the odds of there being better terms in the near future improves dramatically.”
Yep, the fact that they’re testing the water with photographers says they can read the handwriting on the wall.
The $29/month for 3-year contract sounds perfect with one change — at the end of the three-year term I need to keep a current version of the software. CS6 doesn’t cut it because:
1) I already own CS6
2) CS6 can’t open Premiere Pro projects.Let us keep a working copy of the current software after 3-years and I’ll sign up today.
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[Craig Seeman] “Even FCP Legacy had iChat Theater for remote screening and nothing like that has been implemented in FCPX.”
iChat Theater was one of my favorite features of Legacy and something I still miss today.
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[Steve Connor] “I’ve been using Mr Ive’s iOS7 all day and I have to say I like it (apart from the icons) It might be nice if some Jony love came FCPX’s way”
Indeed!
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[Dave Gage] “Early on I looked closely at Logic and Pro Tools and didn’t like the interface and general usability and went with Tracktion 1.”
Love love love Traction! Always felt it was one of the most intuitive and easiest to use DAWs. If you watch the videos on the site, there’s one that talks about the influence of Larry Tesler and modeless design. The Traction authors really got it, and it made Traction such a pleasure to work with. I also like that they were into the “Flat” UI aesthetic years before it became a current trend. The complete opposite of the MOTU DP aesthetic!
After years of neglect, I was sad to leave the platform but I couldn’t handle the bugs and missing features. Happy to see it’s back!
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[Jeremy Garchow] “”You have the right to use it, perpetually” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.”
True, but from a single-user standpoint, there’s essentially no difference.
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[Bill Davis] “My personal opinion is that Apple’s engineering teams obviously get clear advanced looks at the state of hardware development well in advance of us mere mortals. Those engineers then get a vision of what can be done with the new technology. So they write for the new possibilities that are emerging.”
Unfortunately this is much less true than you imagine. It’s a well-documented fact (and I’ve had this confirmed from insider sources) that Apple’s culture of secrecy extends to divisions within the company as much as to the outside. In advanced development, groups may be designing software with no knowledge whatsoever of the ultimate final product. This was the case with the iPhone, for example. Part of the reason for the recent management shakeup – firing Forestall and putting Jony Ive in charge of software design – was to foster an environment of greater collaboration between divisions. Hopefully we’ll begin seeing the benefits of this new approach soon. WWDC announcements and demos should offer a clue.
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[Bill Davis] “The link between monthly subscription and updateability is imaginary. Apple (and many other software manufacturers including most Apps on your phone – do it constantly.
This is about revenue. Nothing else. And, BTW, there’s nothing wrong with it being about revenue. It’s the lifeblood of any business. Period.”
Bill, for once you and I are in complete agreement.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “I swear to god – does any editor feel good about this at this stage? reading the above?
Forget the cloud – this isn’t about any cloud. This is just turning into a nightmarish mess.”Oh it’s a nightmare alright. Did you see this today?
https://www.facebook.com/StopAdobeCC
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