Heck, the 3rd party companies should have a 'click here' button to directly license the libraries. My complaint, if I was using LR, was that instead of crashing, the program should put up a message box explaining the licensing has expired. This talks about some features from LR 6 due to Adobe not renewing the 3rd party licenses ie maps, facial recognition, which then stop working when the license expires. I've suggested a system similar to others I both use and have seen - $5 a month or $50 a year for Lightroom only.

I don't like being forced to continually pay for something I won't use. Here, Maps and Develop stop working if you stop paying.įurther, it's a ripoff for those of us who don't like Photoshop.

I wouldn't, if it were a conventional subscription where if you stop paying you stop getting upgrades but the software keeps working. It's always fascinating to me to hear from folks that spend thousands on their camera gear, and complain about $120 per year for perfecting their images.

Lightroom subscription price