SaaS & Cloud Technologies Are Where Software Subscriptions Should Be

OneRender Cloud Based 3D ServiceI’ve been a critic of subscription based technologies based on customer value. However for some, subscriptions are just right. Case in point with OneRender. Continue reading SaaS & Cloud Technologies Are Where Software Subscriptions Should Be

How Subscription Based Software is Bad for Customers

Software companies are working hard to convince you that a pure subscription model is good for you.  Sometimes it actually is. But mostly its not, because its implemented in ways that is bad for customers and their businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent than the direction of Adobe Creative Cloud.

Lets start with the painful lesson one user of Creative Suite 6 learned that caused him to invalidate his license and get locked into the subscription model. Continue reading How Subscription Based Software is Bad for Customers