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C’mon Adobe…  the only choice you’ve given us is “to use Adobe or not use Adobe” – how is that a good business model?  Your client base is the largest community of artists on the planet - has this been overlooked?  Quite simply, you should offer the ‘Cloud’ option for those who want it, and a downloadable “yearly” upgrade for those of us who’d rather have a choice.  If you really truly believe that us artists prefer the idea of the "Cloud", then you have no reason NOT to offer a continuation of the CS Suites.  The "Cloud" would maintain it's advantage of continuous upgrades, while the rest of us have to wait for "Adobe Day (I nominate July 1st)" to "choose" whether we wish to upgrade or not.  The key word, again, is choice.

Answer 1

Jeff_Know1 wrote:
Adobe doesn't like the word 'choice'.
They did just a few years ago. See the "Freedom of Choice" section of Adobe's site they recently had:
Adobe - Freedom of Choice - We Love Choice - Create without limits
http://web.archive.org/web/20110623095449/http://www.adobe.com/choice/
• At Adobe, we believe that the open flow of creativity, ideas, and information should be limited only by the imagination. Innovation thrives when people are free to choose the technologies that enable them to openly express themselves and access information where and when they want.
• Openness is at Adobe's core.
• We believe open markets that allow developers, publishers, and consumers to make their own choices about how they create, distribute, and access content are essential to progress.
• We remain certain that open markets are the only way forward.
http://web.archive.org/web/20110810034808/http://www.adobe.com/choice/ createwithoutlimits.html
• As part of our commitment to enabling choice for developers, publishers, and consumers, Adobe ...
Thoughts on Open Markets - John Warnock and Chuck Geschke
http://web.archive.org/web/20110716073019/http://www.adobe.com/choice/ openmarkets.html
• As the founders of Adobe, we believe open markets are in the best interest of developers, content owners, and consumers.
• We believe that consumers should be able to freely access their favorite content and applications, regardless of what computer they have, what browser they like, or what device suits their needs. No company — no matter how big or how creative — should dictate what you can create, how you create it
• When markets are open, anyone with a great idea has a chance to drive innovation and find new customers. Adobe's business philosophy is based on a premise that, in an open market, the best products will win in the end
• In the end, we believe the question is really this: Who controls the World Wide Web (insert how you use your Software)? And we believe the answer is: nobody — and everybody, but certainly not a single company.
So, Adobe and it's co-founders, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke each co-chairman of the Board, believe (once believed?) the following:
• Freedom of choice
• We love choice
• Create without limits
• Openness is at Adobe's core
• We believe that the open flow of creativity, ideas, and information should be limited only by the imagination
• Innovation thrives when people are free to choose the technologies that enable them to openly express themselves and access information where and when they want
• We believe open markets that allow developers, publishers, and consumers to make their own choices ... are essential to progress.
• We remain certain that open markets are the only way forward
• As the founders of Adobe, we believe open markets are in the best interest of developers, content owners, and consumers.
• We believe that consumers should be able to freely access their favorite content and applications ... suits their needs.
• No company — no matter how big or how creative — should dictate what you can create, how you create it
• When markets are open, anyone with a great idea has a chance to drive innovation and find new customers.
• Adobe's business philosophy is based on a premise that, in an open market, the best products will win in the end
• In the end, we believe the question is really this: Who controls the World Wide Web (insert how you use your Software)? And we believe the answer is: nobody — and everybody, but certainly not a single company.
• As part of our commitment to enabling choice for developers, publishers, and consumers, Adobe ...
2013, welcome to Creative Cloud? Going completely against their own ideals and core values?
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