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Well, then I owe you my thanks because both those things drove me mad in tables! This has been really helpful for me, both of your comments have made me rethink how I feel about the level of the monthly cost. I still feel grumpy about he typefaces though. ;)

@hankscorpio our messages crossed. It's really good to hear you're battling from the inside. I'm sure a monster machine like Adobe has many plates to juggle and people to please. It's good to know someone with some on the ground experience is advising them and I too hate the hard sell, drives me...

I see your point, I really do and the benefits of online software are multiple. Perhaps I am harkening back to a bygone age! I just feel if you have a physical piece of media like a music CD, you can play it independently of internet connection or any external influence. Going back to the...

Hi both I'm really grateful for your responses, even thought they don't marry with my opinion. It's exactly why I posted, I wanted to know what others thought. I am a hugely experienced designer who has worked across multiple different disciplines over the years and when I saw the type 1 flag on...

Hi again perhaps we were talking at cross purposes. I wasn't saying it cost 3,000 a month. I was saying that many don't have that income a month. The fact other software providers are following a DRM doesn't make it right. I do actually like the convenience of being on the same versions as...

I take your point @hankscorpio about not owning software, I am referring to times when you purchased software via disks and therefore could use that software for years without upgrading and with no monthly cost, as long as you were able to output files in the way your end user needed them. This...

Hello collective mind I have been ignoring the Adobe type 1 warning until today when I had a moment to read it. Is it me or are they just using it as a tool to make everyone use their licensed fonts, so that if you stop using Adobe products you also lose you entire font library, making it far...