[davidmanze]

  For those who wish to to delve into Adobes financial accounts can find their 2016 figures here:

 

 

           http://news.adobe.com/press-release/corp...-revenue-1

 

   With a 5.85 billion dollar turnover in 2016, up from 4.8 billion, this shows that their philosophy of inscription is far and away more profitable than the older buying .

 

   Personally, I have more sympathy with photographic companies that produce hard goods,  Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax, etc.all of which that are feeling the pinch and have somewhat uncertain future.

 

  So unless something changes in my life, like my custodian agreement with the Lord is terminated, I will continue to "benefit" from the investment I made many years back.........here it's business as usual!

 

 BTW. Studor, you wrote:

 

<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I don't understand what you are on about?

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Adobe does not force anyone to buy their products on subscription or on those that are subscription-free. 

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">    You seem to forget many "purchased their LR/PS"  with promises of ongoing updates, only to find a few years later that Adobe pulled the rug from under their feet.

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">   The fact that you don't understand is disconcerting!