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Katsunami · 05-03-2019, 03:07 PM

Relying on cloud-based subscriptions to get your stuff done nets you this:

https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/02/adobe...ud-price-hike/

This is the main reason I'll never ever pay for any cloud product.

The only reason cloud-based applications are so popular with companies is that having a team of in-house engineers to maintain said applications on-premise is even more expensive.

For consumers, I don't see the point in using cloud-based services for any regularly recurring stuff. You pay and pay, and as soon as you stop paying, the service stops and you're stranded.

I know people who had big music collections. Some gave every CD they had away, because of Spotify. Now they pay €10 a month, over and over, to listen to music, over and over that they owned before. I stashed my CD's in a rack in the attic, after I ripped them to my hard drive as FLAC files, and I listen to music for free.

The only cloud-based service I'd consider would be Netflix, because I don't watch the same movies over and over again.

05-03-2019, 03:07 PM	#66
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Relying on cloud-based subscriptions to get your stuff done nets you this: https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/02/adobe...ud-price-hike/ This is the main reason I'll never ever pay for any cloud product. The only reason cloud-based applications are so popular with companies is that having a team of in-house engineers to maintain said applications on-premise is even more expensive. For consumers, I don't see the point in using cloud-based services for any regularly recurring stuff. You pay and pay, and as soon as you stop paying, the service stops and you're stranded. I know people who had big music collections. Some gave every CD they had away, because of Spotify. Now they pay €10 a month, over and over, to listen to music, over and over that they owned before. I stashed my CD's in a rack in the attic, after I ripped them to my hard drive as FLAC files, and I listen to music for free. The only cloud-based service I'd consider would be Netflix, because I don't watch the same movies over and over again. Last edited by Katsunami; 05-03-2019 at 03:10 PM.