> “Old-fashioned” apps continue to work forever, as long as you have a copy of the data and some way of running the software. Even if the software author goes bust, you can continue running the last released version of the software.
This is assuming they're not trying to phone home to a server and make sure your license is up to date.
I keep on thinking that someday I'm going to want to take a multi-month sabbatical from the internet; being able to keep on using Illustrator to draw stuff during this time is going to require finding a crack for it, as well as for the suite of plugins I depend on. Possibly a polite inquiry to the plugin developers will reveal the existence of a secret long-term offline mode available to people who've been helpful parts of the beta program for a while, or spur the creation of one, but I sure do not expect Adobe to cut me any slack despite being a paid user since the beginning of their subscription mode, nor do I expect them to release an official crack as one of their last acts before closing their doors forever.
This is assuming they're not trying to phone home to a server and make sure your license is up to date.
I keep on thinking that someday I'm going to want to take a multi-month sabbatical from the internet; being able to keep on using Illustrator to draw stuff during this time is going to require finding a crack for it, as well as for the suite of plugins I depend on. Possibly a polite inquiry to the plugin developers will reveal the existence of a secret long-term offline mode available to people who've been helpful parts of the beta program for a while, or spur the creation of one, but I sure do not expect Adobe to cut me any slack despite being a paid user since the beginning of their subscription mode, nor do I expect them to release an official crack as one of their last acts before closing their doors forever.