I seriously wish that people would do their own research and inform themselves fully before making biased posts with sensationalist titles.
Adobe have confirmed that they no longer support the CS range, and will no longer make updates to it.
This happens with every iteration of every Adobe product. They have a specific release cycle. Even years is a milestone release and odd years are mid-cycle release. So CS5 one year, CS5.5 the next, and CS6 the year after that. To say they wont support the Create Suite line like it's some awful bad thing is sort of ridiculous. When the next release in the product cycle comes out, they drop support for the last one. That's how it has always been, not supporting CS is completely natural.
Meaning if you use ANY Adobe CS product and want new features, you will now have to pay a subscription fee to continue using it.
Yes, and it works out to be cheaper in the long run if you're going to pay for Adobe products. Most of the people here have never paid for a single Adobe product. Most of them purchased Macromedia Flash 8 if they didn't pirate it or a newer version of Flash. Those that did purchase an Adobe product to go the legit route probably paid a lot for it, a lot more than they would have through Creative Cloud. Some basic math verifies this.
With the Creative Cloud subscription you get nearly every Adobe product. This is essentially the same as the Master Collection they have offered previously. The Master Collection retails at $2,599.00. The subscription for CC is $49.99/mo, in a year that is $599.88. As I mentioned previously, Adobe releases milestone versions every even year, so every 2 years. Basically, you'd be paying $1,199.76 every two years for the latest version of almost all Adobe products, a full $1,399.24 cheaper than buying the master collection every two years. That's not even taking in to account the deals you can get as part of a work team, being a student, and other shit they offer as part of Creative Cloud.
It's not a bad thing at all, provided you're going legit. Like I said many people here don't ever pay for Adobe products and will likely end up pirating all this stuff anyway if they upgrade at all, so to them it doesn't matter. I think most people seem to think a subscription is worse than paying a lump sum once but they will find that in the long run it's going to be better for them.
Adobe have decided that there will be no CS7 Products, and only licensing to use their software through the cloud.
The "Cloud" in this instance is used strangely. All the applications are set up the same way they have been: they get downloaded to your computer and run off the hard drive. There's no tricks here, it's just a different approach to DRM.
This means when you want to use the product you will have to login online so your flash, premier or whatever will pick up how long you have until you pay the monthly rate again. If you fail to make payment the product will cease to open.
This is either completely false or severely misinformed. I can't decide which. Yes, when you first run your Adobe product it will check to verify you legally own it.
This is not a new thing. Every Adobe product ever has done this. The difference this time around is that this check will happen once every 30 days. During this time,
you do not need an internet connection to open your product. It's entirely offline. If you can't get online at the end of the 30 days,
you can still use the product offline without verifying your account status for another 90 days.
This is absolutely insulting as Flash Professional CC (creative cloud) out on June, has went native 64bit. All windows are modular so you can pull anything anywhere. Content is now native HD with the implementation of HTML5, so your animations could be insanely huge and have little lag. They also have an unlimited paste board, which remembers/libraries your copies. But nobody will be able to afford it, because they are asking a crazy £38.12 plus VAT (£44.24) /US $50 per month. Meaning a product which would be a one off payment is a constant dip into your pocket. They should be ashamed of themselves. Just one step closer to the death of Flash, because flash artists won't spend that kind of money just for a £400 program.
Again I fail to see how this is insulting or bad. See my earlier points. If you JUST want Flash they offer a cheaper package for single Adobe products as well. If you hurry now and legally own a CS product, you can get a discount off of CC meaning it's even cheaper.
Seriously this is the second time I've seen people get up in arms about this without actually fully understanding what they're talking about. They see like 2 or 3 key words and then jump to a conclusion, misinforming
everyone around them as a consequence.
If you want to verify what I've just said, Adobe themselves
on their own website links to
this article explaining the top 5 myths about Creative Cloud. If anyone had done their own research on this instead of reading sensationalist news articles, taking what they said at face value, and then jumping on to the internet to complain about it, you'd probably realize that it's no big deal.
EDIT: After posting this I read the rest of the responses. I love that I can rely on good old Exilement to be the voice of reason in a cesspool of ignorance. Good on you.
