And this is the Microsoft you want to just
go into your computer and install any old thing the want when ever they want? How many of the new Windows 10 updates have messed up people's computers - half of them? At least previously you could w...
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monkey44 wrote:az99 wrote:
Win 10 is no longer called an OS, it is a service. You continually pay for a service. That is the direction they are leading the sheep. They did not update Win 7 computers to 10 for free because they wanted to reduce profits.
Many of the programs are going to "monthly service" instead of buying the disk or download the program -- Adobe, for example. It forces the photo guys that use Photoshop to pay a monthly fee now, and if you stop paying, you lose the ability to process photos.
I'm not positive about this statement, but I believe in order to use the program while processing, you have to remain on the 'cloud', which means online the entire time. IF that's true (and if it isn't now, it will get there eventually) then any photo guy with limited hotspot data plan (like myself) will eat that plan alive each month.
We're on three PC's with Win7 on all - will never update to Win10 until that "warm place" freezes over. Letting MS into my PC whenever it wants, well, that ain't gonna happen. Period - at least not with me knowing it ...
Adobe's Creative Cloud requires you go on line to the company once every 90 days. After being off line for more than 2 weeks, you get a message letting you know that it hasn't "talked" with your computer. It does not automatically update your software, but lets you know when updates are available, informs you what the update covers, and the size.
The products operate off line with no problems. Although I have not tried going the full 90 days without contact, I used Dreamweaver, Photoshop & Lightroom as well as a number of their other cloud based products while not connected to the internet for weeks at a time.
As to the subscription replacement for yearly updates, I have mixed opinions. I do like the updates & "fixes" that happen more often with the subscription service, and with the amount of Adobe software I use, don't spend more with the Creative Cloud than I did with annual updates of the past, but I have to admit I cringe at the thoughts of the service disappearing. I do keep copies of the last non subscription releases of all the software, but as the new features come along, going back would be tough.
