Originally Posted by
TheAnimus
Ah, you see I'm not opposed to renting, so long as I think it will benefit me.
I've got so many disks for software I'll never, ever, used again. Renting the license for some things really does make sense. I'm never going to be using NT4 again. Yet I've got paid for copies of 3.5 4, 4SP4, 2k, XP, Vista, 7 and 8. Having a rental for something which I expect constant iterations and improvements for makes sense to me. Maybe I say that as someone who flogs his software.
Really important things that receive constant improvement I get the idea of subscription for. Things like Visual Studio have tremendous new features, performance tweaks, and enhancements with each version. It's worth the couple of grand a pop. Also, if I know on projects etc, I'm going to be using it for only 6 months, it makes sense to rent it for only 6 months, the 'express' versions can always do in a pinch.
However, lightroom 3 to 5 doesn't fill me with any trust! To rent, I need trust.