Why should I spend $10 a month on Lightroom? This is why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RMNk2Lwj8 Adobe keeps on adding useful features. Sure, some are better than others and some...

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

This is why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RMNk2Lwj8

Adobe keeps on adding useful features. Sure, some are better than others and some you will never care about but the product does get better and better. If you stick with those versions from fifteen years ago or even the last non-subscription version you bought, you will be missing out on a lot of knock-your-sock off features and user improvements.

I bet a lot of us can look in our junk drawers and find a lot of white elephants that could have been your Lightroom subscription.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yup, if it's important to you.

Brenda IS Scottish Loc: GOLDEN Colorado

Best program for cataloging your photos

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

BRENDAis SCOTTISH wrote:

Best program for cataloging your photos

It certainly is. I think of all the hours saved looking for things.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

If you do not know the answer to that question, then you should not spend $10 a month on the software.

ABC1234 it would seem $10/month is worth it to you. And as evidenced by the success of the program, many many customers feel the same way. However there are also those who do not like the subscription model. That is their choice. So why try to convince them differently?

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Longshadow wrote:

Yup, if it's important to you.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

JD750 wrote:

If you do not know the answer to that question, then you should not spend $10 a month on the software.

ABC1234 it would seem $10/month is worth it to you. And as evidenced by the success of the program, many many customers feel the same way. However there are also those who do not like the subscription model. That is their choice. So why try to convince them differently?

Or really don't require the "latest and greatest" all the time.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

JD750 wrote:

If you do not know the answer to that question, then you should not spend $10 a month on the software.

ABC1234 it would seem $10/month is worth it to you. And as evidenced by the success of the program, many many customers feel the same way. However there are also those who do not like the subscription model. That is their choice. So why try to convince them differently?

My post is not intended to the no-never-subscription crowd but for those in the middle of the pro versus anti subscription debate. I have no interest in trying to convince you.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Longshadow wrote:

Or really don't require the "latest and greatest" all the time.

I do not require the latest and greatest but I really do appreciate these improvements. Many, not all, end up in my work flow. Speaking only for myself, the ten bucks a month is like skipping a lunch out. Plus, I now have that extra time to work on LR.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

abc1234 wrote:

My post is not intended to the no-never-subscription crowd but for those in the middle of the pro versus anti subscription debate. I have no interest in trying to convince you.

I'm not anti-subscription model, just have no interest in using Adobe products without some added administration on my part (VM or Windows emulator). That being said, you should never have to "skip a lunch out" to pay for any service. A better argument would be that your return on investment or entertainment value is worth $10/month to use the software.

There are many great systems out there all at varying costs, but it seems that the subscription folks always find the need to justify their systems.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

johngault007 wrote:

I'm not anti-subscription model, just have no inte... (show quote)

I looked at others and think Adobe, for me, is the way I wanted to go. Since this is a hobby, one cannot use the opportunity cost or ROI argument. I do not understand your first sentence at all.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I can do everything I want in my stand alone versions of LR and Photoshop. So it's not worth $240 a year to me.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jim quist wrote:

I can do everything I want in my stand alone versions of LR and Photoshop. So it's not worth $240 a year to me.

Ditto, my needs are not great.
(Rather put the money towards ink and other trinkets.
I'm also still using Quicken 2003, I do not need an upgrade, ...yet.)

JD750 Loc: SoCal

abc1234 wrote:

My post is not intended to the no-never-subscription crowd but for those in the middle of the pro versus anti subscription debate. I have no interest in trying to convince you.

It is not me you are trying to convince. I subscribed in 2014 when Apple ended Aperture. I haven’t looked back.

But I don’t try to convince others to do the same because what is right for me is not right for everyone. If they ask then I will offer my opinion.

This thread has been hashed out a zillion times but you are certainly free to re-open it. It will be fun reading if nothing else.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

abc1234 wrote:

I looked at others and think Adobe, for me, is the way I wanted to go. Since this is a hobby, one cannot use the opportunity cost or ROI argument.

Gotcha, that's why I added the second part about entertainment value. It's the same as services like Netflix, Prime, Hulu, etc.... They are subscription based, but to those that use them, the entertainment value (not ROI) is worth the price.

abc1234 wrote:

I do not understand your first sentence at all.

I use Linux, and there is no way to run Adobe products natively on my system. I would either have to use an emulator (Wine) or load up a virtual machine with a compatible OS. Both of those options are easy enough for me in a technical capacity, but there's no need because I found native applications that work very well and do everything I need them to do.