Re: The Creative Gouge
Re: The Creative Gouge
- Subject: Re: The Creative Gouge
- From: Pete MacKenzie <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:13:53 +0100 (BST)
As a lurker on this list I have followed this thread with interest. For me, Adobe's move doesn't seem an enticing prospect.
To illustrate my apprehension I offer my experience with a cloud based productivity app. I bought into Gridiron's Flow project tracking software which tracked Adobe CS products in particular. It was a bit buggy in its first iteration but it did enough to make itself useful. It was offered on disc or download with license, and updates came along now and then (some including modifications based on my discussions with their support).
After a couple of years version 2 was introduced. This represented a fundamental change as although the free core software was installed on my computer the database that served it was in the cloud on the Gridiron servers. An internet connection was needed for the database to function properly. All the really useful functions were now offered as subscription add-ons to the basic app. It worked better than version 2 and I decided, slightly reluctantly, that it was a useful productivity tool that I would buy into again. I was a bit concerned that much information was stored on a remote server beyond my control but thought also that this was the way software was progressing so better get used to it.
Two years later it was gone. With little actual explanation the demise of the service was announced and a deadline was set beyond which the whole system, along with all user information would be shut down. The data couldn't be saved because the system was proprietary and version 2 data was incompatible with version 1, so no going back. To say i was p****d off would be an understatement.
Would I like a repeat of this scenario - of course not. And yet placing all control of the tools that form the background of your trade into a monthly subscription and cloud based service is precisely what we are being asked to grant. I don't think the more pessimistic posters on this thread are wrong to be concerned or to imagine the worst case scenarios. Squaring up to that worst case seems the most sensible thing in the circumstances.
Cheers
Pete
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