Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/10

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Subject: [Leica] Lightroom and the subscription model
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:58:39 +1000
References: <CAE3QcF4ViJ69F-2fqp4QyR=2vLg8aeMTJHwN2f1f3jgcHVgRzA@mail.gmail.com> <CAAZ9c+3wGkhWAjv-5M4ajAzZyVDoaOP4pYBCLX2nRd-fFE7gew@mail.gmail.com>

I don't think it would be a reasonable business model to have someone rent
for a while and then give them the product for free when they stop paying
the rent!
However if you have Lightroom bundled with Photoshop under the $9.99 a
month plan and stop that subscription, the catalogue part does keep working
and actually if you have quick develop settings on import those keep
working too.

Of course Lightroom is still available under the perpetual licence model to
purchase at retail or the same bundled with some cameras, especially ones
that have a red dot on them ;-)

I know that some people just dislike the subscription idea from anyone,
which is personal choice of course.
I actually have perpetual licences for both the Creative Suite and
Lightroom but the $9.99 a month is compelling enough for me with the
continuing updates especially that I use that in their place on two
computers here.


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 11 July 2014 04:22, piers at hemy.org <piers.hemy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for posting this Geoff as it did tell me something I didn't know,
> although not the good news that Victoria intended. I had assumed that LR
> was a one time add on to PSCC that would continue to be usable after the
> subscription expiry. Not so! Develop mode is disabled if there is no valid
> subscription.
>
> :-(
>
> Piers
>  On 9 Jul 2014 22:55, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This post from Victoria Bampton may be of interest to anyone considering
> > Adobe's subscription packages.
> >
> http://www.lightroomqueen.com/cancel-cc-subscription-youll-lose-work-will/
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Lightroom and the subscription model)
In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Lightroom and the subscription model)
Message from piers.hemy at gmail.com (piers@hemy.org) ([Leica] Lightroom and the subscription model)