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skid00skid00 wrote:
I'm very surprised at the strong support for CC shown here. It's an overly expensive option, and when you stop paying, you stop getting use of the product. The additional features offered by CC are completely useless to me.
I'll move to a competing product, if/when I can no longer use LR6 stand-alone.
Why would it be "surprising?"
The Adobe products are good products, the best in many areas.
For persons who need (or desire) to keep up with the latest advances that either save valuable time or provide new capabilities--both of which mean money for professionals--the subscription cost is less than upgrading.
For someone who may need a particular application only a short time, it's significantly cheaper. I can add and remove applications like Audition and Speedgrade from month to month as necessary for my infrequent major video projects, but keep Premier Pro for my more common routine stuff and Photoshop for my still work--much cheaper than buying those packages.
Maintaining the software on multiple devices is 'way easier. I've had the unpleasant experience of having a computer crash on me (obviously not giving me a chance to "deactivate" the applications first). With a subscription, I merely have to log on with the new computer and let it know "I'm using this one now." Done. I can even switch my two permitted activations between a host of computers nearly on the fly--no problem as long as only two are registered at any one time. I can even borrow a computer, download the application, download all my usual settings and actions into it, activate it, and then remove everything when I finish.
That kind of capability pays for the whole shebang the first time you need to use it.
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