Among others, he answered the question about why they killed Lightroom 6: However, one day after the original announcement, Thom Hogarty (director of product management for all things photography at Adobe) posted some answers to questions about the new Lightroom versions. I don’t think this message needs further explanation. Lightroom 6 will remain for sale for an undetermined amount of time, but will no longer be updated with camera support or bug fixes after the end of 2017. There will not be a Lightroom 7 perpetual offering. Lightroom 6 is the last standalone version of Lightroom that can be purchased outside of a Creative Cloud membership. One of the key messages of the announcement was what is going to happen with Lightroom 6 (emphasis is mine): (actually one of my favorite bands) and Michael Stipe will forgive me for abusing one of their most famous song titles. This article analyzes why Adobe made this decision, and what the future looks like for existing Lightroom 6 users with a perpetual license. Both new Lightroom versions will be available only via a subscription. On OctoAdobe announced Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC, and at the same time the end of Lightroom 6. For a long time, users were speculating about Lightroom 7 and how Adobe would make it available to their users.

Finally, we have clarity around what is going to happen with Lightroom.

Lightroom 6 software