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Adobe Cuts Perpetual License for Elements from Lifetime down to just three years (petapixel.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Among the most significant changes with this year’s Elements releases has little to do with new features but instead concerns the ways users purchase and own the software. While prior versions of Photoshop and Premiere Elements have been lifetime licenses — the user buys the software and then owns it indefinitely — this year’s release has moved to a three-year license term.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's why I'm a little skeptical when buying lifetime licenses.

I love my Plex server and even pay for Plex pass, would love to buy lifetime. But what if two weeks after I buy they just decide this isn't their business model anymore?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

They cannot change the terms of a license without reserving themselves the right to do so which would be a red flag, this is in reference to future sales of the license for this software.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Isn't Plex FOSS and you only need to pay for the extras? You don't need PlexPass.

I did buy the lifetime almost 15 years ago. I'm pretty happy with my purchase.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Plex is not FOSS. But I am with you. I bought Plex pass about 10 years ago and still use it daily

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It looks like the media player is open source, but the media server is not.

I also bought the lifetime license a while ago, and am also happy with that purchase.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, I guess that shows my ignorance. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Good to know! Everyone says so many good things about it, I might just buy it myself