On 12/07/17 10:32, Theo Markettos wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>> My eagle aint cloudified. Downloaded it 6 months ago
>
> I should clarify: not 'cloudified' in the sense of Google Docs, but in the
> sense of Adobe Creative Cloud.
>
> In other words, it's a normal desktop app but you have to create an account
> and login to make it work, and you pay a monthly subscription.

No. you dont. Its free to hobbyists.



In Eagle's
> case this mostly affects the pay-tiers (there's a free tier, but it's quite
> restricted: 2 layers, 80cm2 of board).

Think its more than 2 layers.

   Previously you paid a one-time fee
> and gained perpetual access to the version that was current at time of
> purchase.  It's unsurprising that users aren't happy.
>
> Bottom line is, it's not worth the hassle of messing about with logins,
> internet connections and subscriptions when equivalent packages are open
> source.  If you want to do a really serious design (smartphone motherboard
> kind of complexity) then Eagle is the wrong tool for the job anyway.
>
> Theo
>


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