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Adobe's Next Major Creative Cloud Release Won't Support Older OSes (petapixel.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the decisions-decisions dept.

nehumanuscrede writes: Adobe ruffled a lot of feathers when they decided to cease selling their standalone products and go subscription only. While a lot of folks complained, it doesn't seem to have had much (if any) of a negative impact on Adobe financially. Now, according to PetaPixel, Adobe is poised to cease support for older operating systems by depriving those users of upgrades and updates beyond the cut-off date, even though those users are paying customers (and have been for years). I'm curious if those impacted will upgrade to the more modern OS, or simply find an alternative to Adobe software (paid or otherwise).

Personally, I'm still rocking Windows 7 because, in my opinion, there isn't anything wrong with it. So, in the near future, it seems I'm going to have a choice to make: Drop my Creative Cloud subscription, upgrade to an OS I absolutely loathe like Windows 10, or continue paying full price for apps that will cease receiving updates (which was Adobe's whole argument for going with the subscription method in the first place so folks will always have the latest updated software). What are your thoughts? "Your Windows won't be supported if you haven't upgraded beyond the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (v1607) that was released to the public on August 2, 2016," reports PetaPixel. "And if you're on a Mac, you won't be supported if you haven't upgraded beyond Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan), which was released on September 30, 2015."

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  1. Adobe is digging its own grave by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First, they get greedy

    Second, they stop being innovative

    Third, they treat their customers badly

    All pointing towards the end of Adobe, soon.

  2. My thoughts? by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "I told you so, and so did a lot of other people" about covers it.

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    1. Re:My thoughts? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      At no point do you lose physical control of your "confidential information".

      Yes you do, if your data is in a proprietary format and the vendor has control of whether you can run the only program(s) able to effectively deal with that format. Will you ever have to refer to any of your data in the future? Can a subscription model forever guarantee your ability to do that?

      Yes you do, if part of dealing with information means being able to readily interchange data with others, and you either play ball or quickly start eroding the ability to do that as your version of a proprietary program (and the formats it can use) continuously fall farther and farther behind. Does your business/etc exist as an isolated island in an information age?

      Do those zeroes and ones already saved to your physical storage stay where they are? Most likely yes. Is that the only value they have? No. This is why vendor lock-in is a bad thing. It preys on naive people who only think of the short term.

  3. Making modern software for outdated platforms by MatthiasF · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I don't think most people realize how hard it is to move a piece of software forward while supporting dozens of antiquated platforms.

    At some point, a professional should upgrade themselves. I'm sure Adobe will leave an older version available for those who don't update (if only so they can continue to get the monthly revenue).

    1. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by WaffleMonster · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I don't think most people realize how hard it is to move a piece of software forward while supporting dozens of antiquated platforms.

      How hard? Can you characterize cost benefit in this specific case or are you just stating a baseless opinion?

      At some point, a professional should upgrade themselves

      Hopefully by picking a different vendor.

    2. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's the point. They are giving you those 2 choices: upgrade your OS, or keep paying for software without receiving any updates for it. Many people (myself included) argue that the subscription model has taken away a 3rd choice that we should have: keep your old OS and keep using the out of date software, without paying a dime because you've already paid the purchase price once.

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    3. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by jrumney · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The point is they already stopped selling software, and now only let you rent the latest version. So I am sure they won't leave an older version available for those who don't update.

    4. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by reboot246 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      We have a saying for that: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

      Why does something that works ever need to be "upgraded".

    5. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Hopefully by picking a different vendor.

      If GIMP, Inkscape, and Krita don't do it for you, Affinity makes a nice set to programs to replace Illustrator and Photoshop called Designer and Photo.

      Corel still exists too.

      And oh yeah, and Fuck Adobe.

    6. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      What does Photoshop do with Windows 10 that it can't do with Windows 7?

      Exactly.

      As much as I may hate Microsoft, they have always done a good job of maintaining backward compatibility. My copy of Microsoft Office 2003 runs just fine on Windows 10. But Windows 10 is broken, unusable shit, so I went back to Windows 7.

      If the latest version of Photoshop runs on Windows 7 today, the only reason it would not run on Windows 7 tomorrow is if you deliberately change Photoshop for the specific purpose of breaking compatibility.

    7. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Because your mythical write-once-and-never-update API does not exist.

  4. Re:Easy choice. by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Stop paying multiple times for the same software and just replace it. Adobe thinks you're a bitch and is out to fuck you like one. Don't choose to be a bitch.

    There. Much better.

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  5. Yes, there are so many alternatives! by Kid+CUDA · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Please tell me more about how you will replace Photoshop with GIMP, Illustrator with Inkscape, After Effects with ... err .. Blender, Premiere with ... hum, AVISynth, maybe? Or yeah, maybe command-line ffmpeg, sure sounds good! Oh and InDesign, you can easily do the same thing in OpenOffice right?

    Get with the times, upgrade your 10-year old operating system. You're not running legacy industrial automation software for a production line. Don't expect Adobe to keep supporting 10-year old APIs set for deprecation.

  6. Re:Ah. Well i stopped reading... by stealth_finger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right here: "I'm still rocking Windows 7 because, in my opinion, there isn't anything wrong with it"

    You are whats wrong with it.

    Newer does not mean better. Maybe people don't want to use an OS that tries its damndest to suck up as much of your data as possible. Forces upgrades on itself and is generally is user hostile.

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  7. Re:Windows 10 isn't that bad... by rudy_wayne · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Once you whack it on the head with a sledgehammer and disable all the rubbish app stuff, Windy 10 is ok.

    LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh!!!

    Windows 10 isn't that bad! You just have to run a dozen third party programs to put back all the things that Microsoft ripped out for no good reason!