Adobe’s Subscription Model
Paying €130 for Lightroom with an upgrade to a new version (every 1-2 years) costing €70 was a very fair deal for hobby photographers. Buy the software and then buy every other upgrade (or not) and use it forever. But, Adobe had to switch everything to their subscription model, so now you pay €12 per month to keep using the software.
The “perpetual license” version hasn’t received feature updates in pause time. It recently got its last camera/lens support update. I’ll keep using the software as long as I have a camera/lens supported and it’s not outdated. Still, once there’s a need to update, I will look for something that’s not made by Adobe.
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