I know software companies need to make money and Adobe started this whole thing of subscriptions for software. But Photoshop was like £600 at the time so actually being a subscription kind of made a little bit of sense but although I do like using Xara I am struggling to see why I would pay for more money to get some extra features.

I am due to pay for the service update or whatever its called and since I bought the software I think I have had a couple of updates but to be honest Its hit-or-miss for me if it will even look for updates as I have had numerous problems with the software connecting to online so my slideshow often breaks to and the help has also been sketchy with some inquiries taking days and days and days to answer.

This is my slideshow when I try and edit it and this has been a problem for a while now

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So I am thinking at the moment do I pay for the update ?

I really like the program itself but it annoys me this new 'model' that is becoming the norm of paying for software over and over again

I wonder if my car manufacturer will be popping over to ask for more money or they will remove my car's engine