mrdcambs and PhotoMill....You are both right
I have seen comments likening the Photopia pricing to crazy conspiracy theories about greed, one of which even included me as the program developer in a wild attempt to overthrow Photodex (that one made me giggle). As a creative designer, I am often asked to give my products away for free and when I remind them that this is my only job, this is how I pay my mortgage and feed my family, they tend to get offended. It's odd that we rarely ask other technical professions to work for free or at a cost that someone else determines, but creative individuals get asked this all the time. So....PhotoMill's comments are pretty spot on.
But, so are mrdcambs. I have told several customers of mine NOT to move on to Photopia, at least not yet. If they are on a fixed income and only do a couple of shows a year, ProShow will continue working just fine for them. Most of them are comfortable with how ProShow works and aren't really in a "head space" to learn an entirely new program right now. There is no reason for a casual user with limited funds to move to Photopia right now. It just doesn't make sense in their situation. Until.....ProShow stops working for them and they can't get support to fix it, or they just want to use something better for a specific show they're working on.
So, as I babble away, this is just a gentle reminder that not all ProShow users need to move to Photopia and not all Subscription Based companies are doing it for greedy reasons (none of them are, that I'm aware of.)
Jennifer