We are on the same page. I never do auto-updates or make other software changers without a good reason. The rest of what you said is exactly correct. What it boils down to is this: If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
The other side of that is eventually you have to do a lot of updates all at once which is really difficult to manage. Also Adobe has, while occasionally breaking things, added lots of useful features which I would hate to miss. My strategy is to develop skills with alternative tools so when one breaks (usually at the worst possible time) I can quickly use the alternate. E.g. for printing I use Lightroom and Canons Pro Print and Layout alternately. I’m also learning Qimage. For developing Lightroom and Photoshop use the same Raw processing tools. Although that’s a single point of failure so I also use Skylum NEO. This works for me because I love the digital darkroom and exploring the possibilities. For those who love the other elements more - capture and print, I completely understand that complicating the workflow is a headache.
We are on the same page. I never do auto-updates or make other software changers without a good reason. The rest of what you said is exactly correct. What it boils down to is this: If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
The other side of that is eventually you have to do a lot of updates all at once which is really difficult to manage. Also Adobe has, while occasionally breaking things, added lots of useful features which I would hate to miss. My strategy is to develop skills with alternative tools so when one breaks (usually at the worst possible time) I can quickly use the alternate. E.g. for printing I use Lightroom and Canons Pro Print and Layout alternately. I’m also learning Qimage. For developing Lightroom and Photoshop use the same Raw processing tools. Although that’s a single point of failure so I also use Skylum NEO. This works for me because I love the digital darkroom and exploring the possibilities. For those who love the other elements more - capture and print, I completely understand that complicating the workflow is a headache.