Only 2% surveyed said they want to rent software....

[Steven P Jobs]

Yeah, I think it's going to cut piracy by a lot. I'm making this up on the spot, but i'd wager that basically everyone under the age of 25 who uses any Adobe software is using a pirated version because they don't have that kind of up front money for software. It doesn't help that you generally have to spend a lot of time using/learning Adobe software until you can earn money from using it.

A couple bucks a month, on the other hand, is within most people's reach.

I'm sure there's still going to be a lot of piracy, but they're also going to convert many pirates to paying customers with this move.

[James]

Yeah, I think it's going to cut piracy by a lot. I'm making this up on the spot, but i'd wager that basically everyone under the age of 25 who uses any Adobe software is using a pirated version because they don't have that kind of up front money for software. It doesn't help that you generally have to spend a lot of time using/learning Adobe software until you can earn money from using it.

A couple bucks a month, on the other hand, is within most people's reach.

I'm sure there's still going to be a lot of piracy, but they're also going to convert many pirates to paying customers with this move.

I would argue that fact since Education discounts actually make the software reasonable in cost.

[Steven P Jobs]

Many people don't qualify for education discounts. Also CS6 still costs about $1000 for students.

[James]

Many people don't qualify for education discounts. Also CS6 still costs about $1000 for students.

I wasn't talking about the full suite. You stated "any adobe software". When I was in college, I picked up Photoshop for ~$150. I would do that again if I was still an active student. (Despite the price now being $200).

[PlanetMyHero]

Rent = not own it
Buy = you won it

That's really important, i don't think everybody want to rent rather than own something

[richardginn]

Survey: Creative Suite users loathe Adobe's subscriptions

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-575...subscriptions/

That's one of the messages from a poll of 1,642 readers conducted by CNET and analyst firm Jefferies. Of 740 people using the CS6 generation of Creative Suiteproducts, 76 percent said they planned never to move to the Creative Cloud. And of the 612 respondents using CS5.5 or earlier, only 8 percent said they'd decided to move to the Creative Cloud.

76% is a large number..... The people as a whole do not want this crap.

[vertices]

It really doesn't matter. This is the future. They've been doing it for a while with "maintenance" and such. All software providers will be moving to this subscription model as it simply makes more sense. People will use it as they have little choice. I wonder how many people surveyed have actually bought and paid full price for CS, regardless of what this survey claims. I know I never did until they offered CC.

You could also take a survey that says "Who thinks Ferraris cost more than they should?". I'd wager that at least 76% would agree. It still wouldn't drop the price of Ferraris.

[richardginn]

It really doesn't matter. This is the future. They've been doing it for a while with "maintenance" and such. All software providers will be moving to this subscription model as it simply makes more sense. People will use it as they have little choice. I wonder how many people surveyed have actually bought and paid full price for CS, regardless of what this survey claims. I know I never did until they offered CC.

You could also take a survey that says "Who thinks Ferraris cost more than they should?". I'd wager that at least 76% would agree. It still wouldn't drop the price of Ferraris.

The Ferrari is a nice car with so many different alternatives at much lower price point. Adobe software just does not have enough main competitors for some of its pieces of software so they are the 800 pound gorilla in the room.

Lots of people are angry at the move Adobe made and can be totally screwed by it.

[Celvin]

Saas (software as a service) are becoming more and more popular these days. But as for me, buying a full-featured license is more preferable.