| > Now, suddenly, Volkswagen/Ford/Chevy decide that one time payments suck and you need to pay monthly, say $1000. Adobe would say that it might be more comparable to your car manufacturer upgrading your car every time they released a new model. > His current car's value reduces drastically because of this monthly scheme. The value of what his current car has reduced because they released a new model, not because of the new scheme (and CS6 hasn't depreciated in price that much!) > And to access any sort of updates to his car, he needs to pay monthly, and this monthly payment includes a penalty as well, if you decide to cancel sometime in between. Just like every other 12 month contract ever? It's pretty clearly labelled that it's an annual contract, and that there are recurring monthly contracts available for a higher cost. > Now these manufacturers tell you that you can still buy an older model from their store and make it extremely difficult and dodgy to buy one. As MarkMc said, it's not especially hard to buy CS6. All the top search results for "buy cs6" allow me to buy it pretty immediately. Sure, they definitely upsell CC, but they also see that as their new and better product: is it really dishonest or nasty of them to do so? |