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What would YOU do with the money?
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James Burke
Being a grandpa is more fun than working
How ironic. I grew up next to twins named Bob and Bill. Neither was very smart. But in comparison, Bill was the smarter of the two.
JB
JB
BIG EASY DOES IT
New Member
Pretty good. why are dumb people always named Bob though.
James Burke
Being a grandpa is more fun than working
Steph_Stamm
New Member
My husband's name is Bob! Certainly we did not mean to offend the Bobs and Bills of the world!
SignProPlus-Chip
New Member
I prefer to pay up front and in full and not owe anyone for anything.
Where is the last frame of the comic where they total the cost of a subscription in perpetuity compared to a one time purchase?
Where is the last frame of the comic where they total the cost of a subscription in perpetuity compared to a one time purchase?
James Burke
Being a grandpa is more fun than working
Understood.
Bob's bill is billed only once. Bill's bills are billed eternally. I like Bob's bill.
JB
James Burke
Being a grandpa is more fun than working
Snarky, for sure and I apologize for offending. But the play on words was irresistible.
Gino
Premium Subscriber
I don't know what I'd do with all the extra money, because it always finds a way to get spent, but I'm not sure I'm sold on the fact, that it's in my best interest to do so.
Let's take for example a big company with loads of designers. They could call in and turn on if they hired two new people or off if they fired one last month accordingly without having to be outright buying all these programs and sitting on them from time to time. Also, I imagine, as Jeremy here said, it would really thwart piracy, which is a big problem with many of these software programs, especially the good ones. However, while you hafta be online while using it, what happens if your connection goes down for whatever reason. Are you dead in the water ?? At someone else's mercy ?? Hmmmmm ?? What happens if you don't pay the subscription by mistake..... does your software go on the blink for a day or two, until you're set up again ??
Nope, I like having the real hard concrete stuff in my grimy little paws and having full control. Anything I can bring in-house and have complete control and quality control over is usually in my best interest.
The only good thing I can see is..... if the whole world did it, at least we'd all be on the same version and wouldn't have problems going back & forth with files and no outta date software which wouldn't be supported anymore. We'd all be on a level playing field, huh ??
Let's take for example a big company with loads of designers. They could call in and turn on if they hired two new people or off if they fired one last month accordingly without having to be outright buying all these programs and sitting on them from time to time. Also, I imagine, as Jeremy here said, it would really thwart piracy, which is a big problem with many of these software programs, especially the good ones. However, while you hafta be online while using it, what happens if your connection goes down for whatever reason. Are you dead in the water ?? At someone else's mercy ?? Hmmmmm ?? What happens if you don't pay the subscription by mistake..... does your software go on the blink for a day or two, until you're set up again ??
Nope, I like having the real hard concrete stuff in my grimy little paws and having full control. Anything I can bring in-house and have complete control and quality control over is usually in my best interest.
The only good thing I can see is..... if the whole world did it, at least we'd all be on the same version and wouldn't have problems going back & forth with files and no outta date software which wouldn't be supported anymore. We'd all be on a level playing field, huh ??
CanuckSigns
Active Member
Now post the one 5 years later, where the guy who bought his software outright doesn't have a monthly payment and the guy on the subscription realizes he's spent $3000.00 on a piece of software that stops working the minute he stops feeding the monthly payment monster....
CanuckSigns
Active Member
Some of these companies must think we are really dumb to not be able to see through their BS "it's less expensive to go with a subscription" jargon what they are attempting to do is lock you into a monthly payment so they have a steady income stream. since they will no longer need to rely on updates for additional income, expect them to be few and far between as well, i mean why would they bother when they are getting your money anyway?
Also, what happens when an update is done and it is less than desirable? I skipped corel x6 altogether for this very reason, i tried it, found that some of the updates actually caused the program to crash quite often, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled x5, do you have the option of reverting back to a previous version with the subscription model? I doubt it.
Also, what happens when an update is done and it is less than desirable? I skipped corel x6 altogether for this very reason, i tried it, found that some of the updates actually caused the program to crash quite often, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled x5, do you have the option of reverting back to a previous version with the subscription model? I doubt it.
CES020
New Member
So far, you do in the Adobe package.
And just for the record "the cloud" doesn't "go down" and stop you from working unless you're storing all your files there. I don't think I use any of the "Cloud" services, but I do have the subscription.
Grizzly
It’s all about your print!
What were dealing with right now is that our clients have upgraded and send us Adobe CC files.
CC files don't always open properly in previous versions, even CS6.
It's a little annoying to have to call your clients and say, "could you save that down to CS6" (Basically, I don't want to upgrade even though it's my industry).
Apart from this I agree with the hard copies.
Steph_Stamm
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If your internet connection goes down, even for several days, you will still be able to run Flexi. Here's how it works: When the credit card is charged, it sends a notice to Flexi to extend the license. You then have 1 month before Flexi talks to the payment processor to see if it should extend the license. We also have a built-in grace period between payments for anything that should go awry. You could go weeks without an internet connection and still be able to run Flexi. Additionally, our customer support staff proactively calls customers who are experiencing issues to make sure business production keeps running smoothly.
If any company operated like that, it wouldn't be long before they were out of business. We have already made several product and feature improvements over the last 6 or so months of the subscription product's life, and will continue to do so as long as we want to remain in business.
If you have already installed an update over your existing software, then there is no way to revert back. However, technical support calls are free for subscription and current versions, and we can respond with a patch quite nimbly. Typically, in addition to our beta testing, we do a slow roll out to users to minimize risk of major issues.
However, you have the option to download and install a full installation of each version while keeping your previous version in tact. This can be a little cumbersome but the option is there.
Wouldn't that be great to get a new TV a few times per year, with the latest and greatest features?
GAC05
Quit buggin' me
So is it just me or do the graphics in the cartoon look like they were designed in the Flexi cloud?
This was pushed to my facebook feed a few days ago and looking at it I had to wonder what level of consumer this was targeting.
Seems like something you would see on the cartoon channel Saturday morning trying to get kids to eat their broccoli.
wayne k
guam usa
This was pushed to my facebook feed a few days ago and looking at it I had to wonder what level of consumer this was targeting.
Seems like something you would see on the cartoon channel Saturday morning trying to get kids to eat their broccoli.
wayne k
guam usa
Steph_Stamm
New Member
It was actually drawn by hand by one of our employees who happens to be a cartoonist. He's quite talented!