Got an email to purchase 2019 upgrade and it's also stating upgrades are ending??? Is it going the dreaded "subscription" (rent, never own) model?!
After reading the many bugs and problems with 2019, very reluctant to move on to that one. I'd hate to purchase that 2019 upgrade and they leave it to die and NEVER fix it, but force me to SUBSCRIPTION after they take my money.
CorelDRAW Upgrades are Ending!
Now is your last chance to upgrade to CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019. Later this year, upgrades will no longer be available.
No. CorelDRAW will not be a subscription model only. Nobody will force you to subscribe. You can buy the next version (the box version) as always, and use it for a lifetime without paying anything extra.
The only thing that will end is the discount for previous versions. In the present, if you have, for example, X3, X4, X5, etc., you can buy CorelDRAW 2019 at half the price (approx.). This discount will not be available from the next version.
The PROBLEM is the upgrade is going away... that's the problem however you want to spin it.
Lets be clear Ariel, i have a license for 2019. I will not be able to buy 2020 at the upgrade price UNLESS i take out 'upgrade protection' which is a membership fee. So Corel demand I pay NOW in order to benefit from the upgrade pricing for 2020. Payment in advance for a product of unknown quality.
OR I have to pay the full price.
Now lets put it this way. If this had been inforce from 2018, and people had paid in advance for the right to upgrade pricing for 2019, how happy do you think they would have been, right now? Not very is my estimate. 2019 is not ready for a production environment, and even though I have a license I revert to 2018 because it is an order of magnitude better. Even with its faults.
How do you know "CorelDRAW will not be a subscription model only. Nobody will force you to subscribe. You can buy the next version (the box version) as always, and use it for a lifetime without paying anything extra." ?
How do you know that Coreldraw is not going to be a subscription only model, for instance?
Do you KNOW or are you guessing?