I already explained to you why I prefer it, in two other posts. It saves me money over time and I get a better deal for the money I spend, #1. It helps make piracy more difficult, #2. It makes industry standard software much more affordable to low-income artists trying to make it in an already highly competitive industry #3. (Sure, they could use pirated software, and many of them likely do, but when they're found out, it's not a good day for them or their reputations). Having a license that will be useless in a couple of years is pointless to me. Why do I care about a license? So I can have some extremely expensive shiny drink coasters sitting on my desk in 5 years? I'd much rather pay less every year and always have the software up to date and available to me where ever I am. $3,000 up front is not affordable to me. $50 a month with constant updates is very affordable to me. For the same $3,000 I would have spent on CS6, I get 5 years of "always on" software, 5 years worth of updates, 5 years worth of cloud storage and web hosting, should I choose to use it. Or I can go spend $3,000 one time and have about a year or two worth of viable use out of the software before I have to drop another $1200 to $1500 for upgrades for the entire suite  - or be stuck with out-dated software - the way it used to work. The way most software works. Personally I think Adobe is being much more generous with their pricing structure than they ever used to be, and apparently some 3 - 4million other users feel about the same way or they wouldn't be paying for the service.  I don't care about having a license. My subscription fee is my license, and I can turn it on and off at will. If I want to pay month to month, it will cost me more per month, but I'm not strapped into anything, so if I can't afford it this month, or just don't want to pay for it because I won't be using it then I can turn it off, just like cable tv or a magazine subscription - where you pick up the phone and say 'hey, not gonna be here this month, so suspend my service til I get back'.

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**Yes, I could choose to use other, inferior software, and make my work twice as difficult and take twice as long.