We talked about having a neighborhood dump BBQ (those that didn't have a generator keeping their freezers cold) during that time. We got electricity back on before it got organized.

When your electricity is out for 5-7 days, and all you have is your grill to cook ANYTHING on, yeah, you pretty do what you can.

Competition for Adobe is real? I doubt that. They're industry standard tools that require time and dedication to master. This may not last forever, but switch may easily take 3-5 years or more.

I am a firefighter and a tow truck driver and in both of those jobs seconds really do count. 2 minutes on the charger in between calls can add up or be the difference in an alive or dead battery when you need it. The one minute change from having to plug and unplug versus set down and pick up can make a difference…

"Which is more likely to happen?"

who competes with them? Whenever image editing comes up I hear about Photoshop and GIMP. Who are these others who will be able to force Adobe to continue to innovate? It certainly isn't GIMP - they can't get their act together.

There is no incentive for Adobe to update more frequently, quite the opposite. Once a majority of their base in paying via the subscription model they can do whatever they like, after all they can always just turn off the old version and force everyone to upgrade to the newest one at $30 extra a month, plus…

Yeah, I have to agree with Michael here. Adobe wouldn't have put a one year commitment in place if they weren't worried about competition. While there are definitely benefits to Creative Cloud (as mentioned in the post), I think this is mostly a dick move to lock people into their system even more. That said, I…

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