I said this since the first day and they said I was wrong, I been in this industry since 1980...... I been right about Adobe, and why I left and still use CS6..I own CS2, 3, 4, 5, 6...Substance Designer, Painter every version ever sold.....
... I also started using Substance since the first version sold..... and left Adobe due to this crap...SO GUESS what I was right!!!
I been in this industry a long time, I'm a freelancer, and make my money, and work for many indies and others....and we can't have monthly fees for 20 different programs as artist yes this happens...... Modo charges 400$ a year, 2k for the software..... Fine with me..... you guys can raise your cost, it would be fine by me...but this RENT software, NO....I will NOT pay more, just to RENT it......I buy my homes, my cars....that is called an investment...when you buy software its called an investment..
when you rent something, its called borrowing.... we wanted choice. I was fine with you only selling on Steam....Now your greedy behind, wants to take that away.....ADOBE, you really are not in this to be good for the industry or indies ...at all.. that is clear... You can say its business, sure.... I would agree, if its a cost thing, but guess what raise the cost then....That solves that issue, but its not, its called Control/GREED) ...and you know I know that..Disgusting... no reason to get rid of the Steam version...NONE.
I will NO LONGER support you.... period..... Epic has Mixer folks, Affinity has a program like Photoshop but just as good.... There is Mari, which is expensive, not really for indies but its there.... ( I own the others , and now I will pick up Mari as I'm already a Modo user since I left Auto Desk for pulling the same crap........
and plenty of open source...Like Substance, this pushes other developers to make something new and it will, this industry changes a lot... The support for engines like Unity and Unreal are total crap for Substance...and it shows, I have supported them and spoke highly for years.....but I will NOT anymore..and I work with MANY developers...and people...... I mentored for a long time, I will be sure everyone stands clear of this greedy behavior....NO to tiny updates, and Sub crap, this is what ADOBE does.....CS6, is still not much different than the new Photoshop..... Then Adobe, tried to take those away to, like that was legal.....That is what these greedy companies do, sell you a license and say its yours , and years later, try and take it away...Auto Desk, and Adobe are the two biggest greedy , companies for this industry......
I TOLD YOU SO...