[stomachmonkey]

And what happens to your project files when or if you find you no longer pay the licensing fee?

Again, photoshop files not a big deal, GIMP is fully compatible.

Illustrator files, hmmm, gets dicey.

But those are apps that create individual files.

What about Indesign, After Effects and Premiere?

They are project based apps where you import external assets/resources and assemble them in app.

Without the ability to open the project you are toast.

I guess for Premiere you could hedge your bets and export an EDL at the end of every project but that won't get you everything back if you import it into a new editing app.

There is no reason that Adobe have given that is valid for going to a subscription only model.

They currently have two models, why not maintain that.

If subscription is as wildly popular as they claim they will get to a subscription only model eventually so why create all the bad will.

My guess is they did the math and determined they will lose customers but it will be less of a hit than what they lose to piracy.

News flash, the people that pirate it will never pay for it so I think this backfires on them in several ways.