I actually prefer the subscription model but only for enterprise.
It makes it a hell of a lot easier for the admins too, just buy a license for each user and it works. No worrying about license, needing to update to latest version etc in big jumps. Plus many people were paying for additional 'support' anyway.
As a non enterprise end user, it's the worst thing in the world. Like Adobe stuff for example. I'm sure the model works fine for businesses, but it's horrific as an average user. I just want Photoshop on my pc. I dont care if its the latest version. I just need a version of it that I can buy and use and not have to budget in forever.
True. I don't want to update every day or even every week. It's annoying and I rarely see any product improvement that affects my sentiment of the software equal to the annoyance of waiting several minutes a week to use the software while it's updating.
Give me an option for monthly updates and save the daily updates for product testers and people who aren't happy if they aren't running their PC on software's bleeding edge.
Also, I as an individual shouldn't be expected to pay monthly for using the software that is already paid for and installed on my machine. That process should be for corporate licensing, and individuals should be able to pay once and be done with it.
It makes it a hell of a lot easier for the admins too, just buy a license for each user and it works. No worrying about license, needing to update to latest version etc in big jumps. Plus many people were paying for additional 'support' anyway.
As a non enterprise end user, it's the worst thing in the world. Like Adobe stuff for example. I'm sure the model works fine for businesses, but it's horrific as an average user. I just want Photoshop on my pc. I dont care if its the latest version. I just need a version of it that I can buy and use and not have to budget in forever.