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by LegitShady 2056 days ago
I had a recent experience with autodesk that shows that free tiers can disappear or be neutered after you've invested significant time and energy into them.

If you just owned that version of the software it would work forever instead you are at the mercy of the platform forever.

Caveat emptor
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tonyedgecombe 2056 days ago
It's not just free tiers. Imagine the comments here in a decades time when Figma goes full Adobe and starts to squeeze every last drop of blood out of their customer base.
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LegitShady 2056 days ago
when the article about not being able to run adobe CS1/2 came up I nervously eyed my copy of CS6 from 2012...
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arvinsim 2056 days ago
Except some non-subscription software are still SaaS in disguise.

Take a look at Sketch. You can use a file on future versions...but up to a point. If you hit that limit, you will have to buy the upgrade.

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LegitShady 2055 days ago
I don't use sketch, so I don't know anything about it. It's mac only and while i have an ipad pro and an iphone, I don't own a mac and dont want one, and thats a mac only app.

I'm not sure why sketch would have the restrictions they have except that forever supporting old formats might be more expensive than they could justify.

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