{"id":33616,"date":"2013-05-06T19:36:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T01:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/06\/the-purchase-that-keeps-purchasing.html"},"modified":"2013-05-07T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:45:27","slug":"the-purchase-that-keeps-purchasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/06\/the-purchase-that-keeps-purchasing.html","title":{"rendered":"The Purchase that Keeps Purchasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">To my mind, the most annoying (if not truly aggravating)trend in software today. \u00a0No such thing as buying a copy and using it until it doesn&#39;t run on your hardware any more; now you&#39;re paying month-to-month, use it or not. \u00a0It&#39;s a great deal &#8230; for the software company.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CC-image.jpeg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2013\/05\/adobes-creative-suite-is-dead-long-live-the-creative-cloud\/'>Adobe\u2019s Creative Suite is dead, long live the Creative Cloud<\/a><br \/>\n                                                It&#8217;s the end of the line for boxed versions of Photoshop, InDesign, and the rest.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QxkXiJUcuzU' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To my mind, the most annoying (if not truly aggravating)trend in software today. \u00a0No such thing as buying a copy and using it until it doesn&#39;t run on your hardware any more; now you&#39;re paying month-to-month, use it or not. \u00a0It&#39;s a great deal &#8230; for the software company. 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