| Interestingly, looking at the original thread on CC [1], most of the top comments on HN were quite positive: > I'm looking forward to switching to Creative Cloud at work [...] Going CC-only makes sense for business. > I love Adobe CC. I would consider it the first thing Adobe has done right in a long time. > I've been using CC since it came out [...] it's fantastic [...] They've really turned around and made this pirate into a customer. > I think it's a great move and will benefit independent designers and creators hugely. > I think the subscription model is far superior. A minority of users were frustrated and made flat-out incorrect predictions, as you mentioned: > Adobe just priced themselves solidly out of the prosumer market. > I wonder if Adobe abandoning traditional software licensing will spur new free software development. > I hope antitrust regulators will look at Adobe with more scrutiny. > Adobe is going to lose plenty of money and customers over this. But again, these were by far the minority, even on HN. I would say that opposition to the subscription model has actually increased quite a bit since Adobe's announcement nearly a decade ago. Internet history is fun! [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5663581 |