[benrbray]

> upset people who decided to pay for it for the first time in their life

It also upset paying customers. It's no longer possible to _own_ Adobe software, and so I don't anymore. Up until just a couple years ago I was still using the copy of Photoshop CS4 I paid for (as part of the Master Collection CS4, Student Edition) in 2008.

A monthly subscription is a complete non-starter for me.

[p_ing]

You never owned any Adobe product, you licensed it. And that license could be revoked at any time; while it is unlikely Adobe would go after an individual, the license that you agree to allows them to do so.

[egg1]

Adobe can say whatever they want in their EULA; whether it's legally enforceable in court is another matter.

Imagine how these you-own-a-license-not-the-thing-itself shenanigans would play out for any other product we purchase. "No, you didn't buy that $40k car in cash upfront! You only bought Toyota's permission to operate the car, and we reserve the right to repossess it at any time."

[s1mplicissimus]

reminds me of the teslas that got downgraded because the new owners only paid for the cheaper subscription

[ssbash]

I’m not sure what the cheaper subscription you’re referring to is.

Only “Premium Connectivity” aka the internet data plan (streaming media, live traffic, and live sentry video feeds) is exclusively a subscription.

Tesla has always offered the option purchase the Full Self Driving upgrade outright. The option to subscribe monthly to FSD was added later.

Maybe you’re thinking of the free trial of FSD that new vehicles come with?

There is a lot of criticize Tesla for, but they aren’t locking features behind subscriptions.

In the past, BMW has locked heated seats, wireless Apple CarPlay, even software updates behind their ConnectedDrive subscription.

[lesuorac]

first page result for "reminds me of the teslas that got downgraded because the new owners only paid for the cheaper subscription".

https://electrek.co/2022/07/26/tesla-ransom-customer-over-80...

[ssbash]

> Tesla used to sell Model S vehicles with software-locked battery packs. This was a way to offer different range options without having to make production more complicated with different battery pack sizes.

> Later, Tesla started to offer owners of those software-locked vehicles the option to unlock the capacity for an additional cost. Tesla phased out the practice over the years, but the company still used software-locked battery packs when doing warranty replacements of battery packs of certain capacities that it doesn’t produce anymore.

Upgrading the head unit for a 2013 Model S triggered an error and reverted this old generation battery to software lock.

This clearly was a software bug and Tesla reverted it for all customers using these older batteries.

This has literally nothing to do with subscriptions (the word subscribe isn’t even in the article once). I don’t even think you read the article.