Yea, I would also love to say to my landlord "Hey bro! You know I've been renting this apartment from you for a few years now, and I would like to buy the joint at a prorated discount"
Your Landlord can't just create an infinite number of apartments on the fly and rent them to an infinite number of people at almost no extra cost to him.
With software, this is a very real possibility and rent to own makes perfect sense.
The minute Adobe says they will do this I'm in. I would love to be able to pay for 12 months and finally have my own copy.
At about that time, they may release a new version, and at that time, heck, I might just stay on the subscription plan so I get the newer one. BUT, if I stop, I still have version 5.5 that I paid for in full.
> Your Landlord can't just create an infinite number of apartments on the fly and rent them to an infinite number of people at almost no extra cost to him.
Incidentally, this is the same argument as with piracy vs. physical theft.
It actually happens a lot in situations where people know the landlord. If you agree to it ahead of time, even moreso.
I'd see nothing odd with Adobe giving people who've leased for 6 months a 10% discount coupon to incentivize them to get a 'full' version ("you've like it so far - lock in our current pricing now and save!") Adobe gets more cash quicker, user's been able to try it out without a lot of cash down up front.
Yeah I'd agree. There's a big difference between leasing/renting, and leasing-to-own and I'd be very surprised if Adobe offered a prorated discount system as a result.
