Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/11

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Subject: [Leica] Lightroom and the subscription model
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:41:36 -0400

"yes I would get the upgrade or start paying  the ten bucks but my extreme
disinterest in working at all with my images precludes that".

We've leaned that there is a  often a correlation between the amount people
spend on exotic gear and their interest in the craft itself.  And its not
good. 
The ones like yourself, Hoppy who commit to the work itself and a few others
are veering toward being the exception. That being a good thing.
Ten bucks a month means lifting a pinky finger. And that's more than a lot
of these guys are going to do.
And they remind us of this over and over again. Like every time there is an
upgrade as if there is some question as if we want the upgrade or not.
"is it worth the upgrade?" being totally an internet phenomenon.
As is "overshooting" and "you need to always shoot wide open to take full
advantage of  your quality glass".  ...

On 7/10/14 4:58 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think it would be a reasonable business model to have someone rent
> for a while and then give them the product for free when they stop paying
> the rent!
> However if you have Lightroom bundled with Photoshop under the $9.99 a
> month plan and stop that subscription, the catalogue part does keep working
> and actually if you have quick develop settings on import those keep
> working too.
> 
> Of course Lightroom is still available under the perpetual licence model to
> purchase at retail or the same bundled with some cameras, especially ones
> that have a red dot on them ;-)
> 
> I know that some people just dislike the subscription idea from anyone,
> which is personal choice of course.
> I actually have perpetual licences for both the Creative Suite and
> Lightroom but the $9.99 a month is compelling enough for me with the
> continuing updates especially that I use that in their place on two
> computers here.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> On 11 July 2014 04:22, piers at hemy.org <piers.hemy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for posting this Geoff as it did tell me something I didn't know,
>> although not the good news that Victoria intended. I had assumed that LR
>> was a one time add on to PSCC that would continue to be usable after the
>> subscription expiry. Not so! Develop mode is disabled if there is no valid
>> subscription.
>> 
>> :-(
>> 
>> Piers
>>  On 9 Jul 2014 22:55, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> This post from Victoria Bampton may be of interest to anyone considering
>>> Adobe's subscription packages.
>>> 
>> http://www.lightroomqueen.com/cancel-cc-subscription-youll-lose-work-will/
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>> 
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Mark William Rabiner
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