I get this every single year. Just go on to their web site, call up a human agent on their chat and tell them it's too expensive. They have a ton of offers to get it back down to what you were paying before.

Better yet, don't ever pay for their software in the first place.

> Just go on to their web site, call up a human agent on their chat

Adobe users are insane.

That’s so kind of them.

One of the reasons I stopped doing photography was that I realized I’m locked to using Lightroom where all my previous pictures are, and without a subscription it’s such a hassle to gain access to them again. I miss the days when I just bought Lightroom and that was it. :-(

https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW is rapidly going to be a nice cross-platform alternative to Lightroom

Capture One is fantastic, though.

Yes but settings for any existing photos are non-transferable between different RAW editing systems, by design. Even different versions of the same software have to keep around all old code for compatibility.

One of the last 2 pieces of perpetual license pieces of photo software I have left. This software segment has almost entirely been consumed by subscriptions.

I'm still staggering on with Lightroom 5, who knows how long that will work. Until I buy a new camera it doesn't support the RAWs of, I guess.

For sure. But "less shitty than Adobe" isn't a life goal.

Did your email offer you the chance to pay yearly for $11/mo? Mine did, but I don't think the option to pay yearly exists.