I just stumbled upon THIS LINK which is part says of CorelDraw, "Later this year, upgrades (download and box products) will no longer be available. Add Upgrade Protection to your purchase to get future versions at a fraction of the cost or choose a subscription, to always stay current." I did not take part in the webinar from earlier today, which I assume detailed what will happen later this year. Does anyone know? Does this mean Corel is moving to a subscription-only model for Draw? Am I correct to assume that anyone who has a licensed product before a subscription-only model begins will be able to keep that license, to use that version, regardless of his or her subscription status?
Thanks for your time.
Dunno. Sounds ominous, though.
If reading it in plain English is correct, I guess I'll stay with v.2018 and eventually drop using CD altogether when Windows breaks it.
The day Corel goes into a subscription only model, will mark the beginning of the end for me. For me at least, it seems this is the time to start hunting for reasonable alternatives.
For me too. I will probably stick to old version forever.
Please, read the Klaus answer:
"Customers will still be able to purchase new licenses for perpetual use - there is no intention to stop the software ownership purchase options in the foreseeable future"
https://community.coreldraw.com/talk/coreldraw-graphics-suite-2019/f/coreldraw-graphics-suite-2019-for-windows/59548/what-does-this-mean/285195#285195
I have read many fake news and incorrect assumptions.
The link provided by bcoley at the start of this thread as well as the link in his reply to Bob, is from the official Corel page/source. It is not good online etiquette to imply about' fake news' ... and
'incorrect assumptions' - These plans/offers are intentionally worded this way, vague and ambiguous, so the reader would draw 'incorrect assumptions' This is the corporate standard method so the company stays protected in case of any legal issues that may result from any such statements the company makes.
Words such as Premium, Protection etc are used to play on the psyche of the customer. Again purely to either give the customer a sense of belonging to some exclusive club or build a sense of insecurity about what would happen in the future if they didn't buy the plan now.
If at any point of time in the future,if things should come to a head or legal complications, the company will be able to reinterpret the same words to their advantage.That is the corporate way of doing things.
If Corel had wanted to be clear, which they could have been if they had intended to, we would not even have this discussion!
What I say means that it is useless to start discussing personal interpretations. I have read that some people are saying "It is the latest version in box" "in the next version there will only be subscriptions like Adobe", etc. And so as not to lose time in that kind of subjective interpretations, of what I think, I believe or I can deduce, it is best to read the answer of someone who is part of the Corel staff: Klaus Vossen. If you read it, it's clear: they have no plans to move to subscription only. The standard "perpetual version" will be available on the future, along the subcription option.