You also have no ability to modify the contract and submit back, and the basic rule of reciprocality, where both benefit from the agreement is usually ignored with the company claiming all the protection and benefits ('if our software burns your house down, it is not our fault'). A click is not a signature, they are not dated, witnessed, or counter-signed. There are even some Countries that are so fed-up with EULA nonesense they have ruled them completely unenforceable, as technically, they do not even constitute a proper contract. Many companies try to convince us that they own the rights to our DNA with their legalese-ridden End Looser Agreements, but if you know the laws of where you live, you will likely find that only the ones preventing illegal actions (selling copies or reverse engineering) are enforceable. The Consitution), is automatically invalid and can be ignored in it's entirity (that clause of the contract, not the entire contract). The one thing they all share is that any contract that proposes to invalidate a fundamental right as established by a higher authority, such as State or Federal Law (e.g. Contract law is different in every State and Country. Half of the clauses in most EULAs are non-enforceable. It might be a bit of a pain, but it is far better than the major pain subscription is. I am not going to hold my breath though.Īs for it not handling file type/versions - it is possible but if Adobe does that I am sure other software packages will either be able to convert the files or it might be worth grabbing something from Corel just to act as a bridge. Perhaps in two more years they will have gone the way of M$ and retracted their stand on controlling their customers. Once they have 51% of current owners switched over to thier cloud, they will almost certainly hike the price far in excess of the rate of inflation on a yearly basis. Once that introductory pricing is over, the yearly cost is going to be more.
Most of us did not upgrade yearly, and that is what they are basing their claim of being cheaper on. The claims that this is also cheaper are so laughable as to make you wonder if they did not pull a M$ Xbox-One, and just kneecap themselves. But what happens when the DDoS attacks start on their Cloud? Do subscribers get refunds for downtime? I doubt it. If you get hacked through their Cloud*, they will be liable for damages.
If you are a freelancer, well, perhaps Adobe will offer some security in the future. If you work in an industrial setting where you have a network admin handling it for you, then you do not have much to worry about (the admin does). How many processes will now be running in a persistent background state? How many ports will have to be opened on your system, and will they be static or dynamic (aka how big of a secuirty hole will this be)? With the US and China representing 70%+ of all port sniffing activity, more open ports on a permanent basis means less security.
Now with this new nickle and dime scheme, we have nothing. We also had control over what was run, and when.
While we did not own all the rights to the software, when we purchased a full licensed copy we had some rights to our copy, and could modify it for personal use. It's up to me if I want to use all of it, some of it or none of it. I also have Cloud storage available to me. They're your files to store wherever you want to store them. No different to the normal, perpetually licensed software. It's totally up to you where you store your files. What if you don't want to put your files in the server, you want to keep them In your Hard Drive only. Yes, optional extra storage which is included with your Cloud membership.
The cloud storage, is it an extra storage for your files on the server ? Join after June 17 and you'll get all current Cloud software which by then will be version CC.
You can then upgrade to version CC for free as part of your membership. Join before June 17 and you'll get all current Cloud software which is still version CS6. Makes no difference other than your Cloud membership starts earlier. Is it better to purchase on or after June 17th ? So, what If you purchase it before June 17th, are you going to miss special updates or plug-ins?