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}}Adobe Lightroom | }}Adobe's Lightroom application is a photo editing and management software developed by Adobe. It is, as of January 2025, licensed for use either standalone or a part of Creative Cloud and is supported both on desktop (Windows, macOS) and mobile platforms (iOS, Android) as well as Apple TV (tvOS). Despite its simplicity comparted to other photo editing software, it remains a very popular choice among photographers <ref>[ https://shotkit.com/photo-editing-software-survey/ Shotkit Survey 2024]</ref> | ||
=== Purchase/Licensing === | === Purchase/Licensing === | ||
Adobe Lightroom underwent a significant licensing transformation by shifting from a perpetual license model to a subscription-based model under Adobe's Creative Cloud (CC) ecosystem either standalone or bundled with other software in the suite. | Adobe Lightroom underwent a significant licensing transformation by shifting from a perpetual license model to a subscription-based model under Adobe's Creative Cloud (CC) ecosystem, being either standalone or bundled with other software in the suite. | ||
Before 2017<ref name=":02">[ https://web.archive.org/web/20190209210136/https://theblog.adobe.com/introducing-lightroom-cc-lightroom-classic-cc-and-more/ theblog.adobe.com ] via The Internet Archive</ref>, Adobe Lightroom was available as a standalone application purchased through a perpetual license. Users paid a one-time fee, granting them indefinite ownership of the software with access to updates and support for a specified period. | Before 2017<ref name=":02">[ https://web.archive.org/web/20190209210136/https://theblog.adobe.com/introducing-lightroom-cc-lightroom-classic-cc-and-more/ theblog.adobe.com ] via The Internet Archive</ref>, Adobe Lightroom was available as a standalone application purchased through a perpetual license. Users paid a one-time fee, granting them indefinite ownership of the software with access to updates and support for a specified period. | ||
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|Announcement of Adobe's new Lightroom and Photoshop package | |Announcement of Adobe's new Lightroom and Photoshop package. | ||
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|Map feature becomes unavailable in Maps module for everyone on a perpetual license<ref>https://robertreiser.photography/re-enable-maps-view-in-lightroom-classic/</ref> | |Map feature becomes unavailable in Maps module for everyone on a perpetual license<ref>https://robertreiser.photography/re-enable-maps-view-in-lightroom-classic/</ref>. | ||
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* '''Ownership Rights''': Consumers lost the sense of ownership over the software, as access became contingent upon maintaining active subscriptions rather than possessing a perpetual license. | * '''Ownership Rights''': Consumers lost the sense of ownership over the software, as access became contingent upon maintaining active subscriptions rather than possessing a perpetual license. | ||
* '''Offline Access Limitations''': Subscription models often require periodic internet connectivity for license verification, limiting offline access to editing tools compared to perpetual licenses. | * '''Offline Access Limitations''': Subscription models often require periodic internet connectivity for license verification, limiting offline access to editing tools compared to perpetual licenses. | ||
* '''Privacy Issues:''' Working with the software on multiple devices is only feasible by using the cloud service, which potentially requires images of third parties (clients, models) to be shared with the company and their cloud storage provider(s) without end-to-end encryption. In a practical environment, a model/client will not be asked for their permission for this. If they are asked and object, the photographer's workflow is disrupted. For non US | * '''Privacy Issues:''' Working with the software on multiple devices is only feasible by using the cloud service, which potentially requires images of third parties (clients, models) to be shared with the company and their cloud storage provider(s) without end-to-end encryption. In a practical environment, a model/client will not be asked for their permission for this. If they are asked and object, the photographer's workflow is disrupted. For non US citizens, Adobe cloud storage can mean that the US government can theoretically illegitimately gain access to their personal data. | ||
==== Market and Industry Implications ==== | ==== Market and Industry Implications ==== | ||