Quote - I like the the subscription model Adobe are offering. It makes an expensive software affordable to many who couldn't afford it before...for many like myself (still using CS4), I found it overpriced in general and begrugged having to buy it, but looking at the prices with the subscription model...it's tempting. I'm not sure this model will work for all software, but it makes expensive software usage easier to swallow.

For new users, yes. But for those with existing licenses, short of the Master collection, no - upgrading CS5.5 Design Premium to CS6 Design Premium cost me £375, I think, or roughly £30 per month assuming annual updates; that's less than the current monthly fee for the cloud service once the introductory discount goes. For a user of the Standard Suite it would be even worse. > Quote - Right. I wanted to make a point before.... You know, Adobe didn't even notice the MILLIONS of people hitting the servers for their "free" copy of CS2 for more than a day...that doesn't really instiill my faith that they'll be very careful with my content :P. I feel that as soon as my money is in their hands they're pretty much ok with whatever happens after. LOL. With buying a full version disk, they at least have to worry about getting me back to buy the next version ;).

Your content won't be on Adobe's servers, nor will your applications. "Cloud" is just a bit of trendy marketing speak - it's a subscription model for licensing your local software, which needs a connection once a month (but wil apparently keep working for about six months if it can't get through). A lot of people seem to be forgetting that, or taking the discussion to the cloud in general, I used your quote as I wanted to address its other half anyway rather than to single you out. > Quote - I won't even install Daz's content manager for that very reason. I bought the stuff...they know I bought it and I don't like another piece of crap program running in the damn background in the "hopes" that I might use it soon. They can shove it. LOL. Want my money? Make it easier for ME, not you. :P Laurie

The Install Manager doesn't run in the background, and doesn't monitor installed files. It runs when you run it and then uses the zip, if you've kept it in the download folder, or a manifest file, if you installed the content with the Install Manager rather than just using it as a download manager, to check to see if the version on the DAZ servers is different (and presumably updated). By all means decide not to use it - the zips will be available for direct download - but it isn't what you appear to fear.