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Hello All,
 
There has been some discussions already about companies which only offer their software in the cloud. But I wonder, what will be left if you don't want to subscribe to Adobe or whatever company?
 
I work with Photoshop CS5, which works fine for me. But how long can I go on? I probably can't open Raw-files from newer camera models.

I (almost) always convert RAW with DPP (3, now 4 since my 450D is also supported)and let DPP send the converted image as tiff to CS6. That is how my workflow has been. As such, I am not "hit" by Adobe's ACR -> PS upgrade demand, not in the past at least. Now, with the CC PS, I am not sure which direction to go. t some point CS6 won't do anymore (OS X upgrades may make it incompatible in future? Plug-ins I may want to use might not support it? Who knows).

And I am in the process of starting to try out Affinity Photo on my Mac to see what kind of results I can get with PP in that application.

I bought a Photoshop update every 5 years or so. If I subscribe, then it will cost me so much more than before. Okay I also have Lightroom, but how long before the desktop version will cease to exist?
 
For that reason I don't want Windows 10 either. I will be giving up to much of my privacy and choice. I am not paranoia, but I just don;t want companies to dictate what I need or can or can't do.
 
What's your opinion?

I have always used Macs, because of the dislike of how Microsoft behaves and the weird UI choices they always seem to make, the Windows slowdown which makes you to need to format and reinstall over time and the driver issues that pop up once every so often.

The Unix underpinnings and the pretty flawless graphics implementation make it pretty nice and issue free to use.

With a Mac, I do not have the privacy issues of Windows (and much less adware/malware/ransomware/virusses worries), unless I use Google products and Facebook, or course .

Kind regards,
Reinier