Adobe Offering Photoshop CC and Lightroom for $9.99/Month to All Users Through December 2 [Updated]

Seems like a good deal. Think I'll get this for my daughter for Christmas/Chanukah.

Wow, good deal! I imagine 20 GB of cloud storage by itself is typically around $10 a month. So you getting two industry leading pieces of software for free for a year.

I'd sign up if they threw in illustrator, indesign and after effects....

On this like white on my parents' Ford Focus.

I wonder if Adobe's adoption rate for CC hasn't been as robust as they had hoped...

Does anybody know what will happen to the price after 1y is up?

jayducharme said:

I wonder if Adobe's adoption rate for CC hasn't been as robust as they had hoped...

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Or if people canceled their memberships after having their customer accounts and credit cards hacked and stolen.

I think some security experts should give Adobe a $9.99/month subscription plan by Dec 2nd, so Adobe might learn how to setup and maintain proper Computer/Internet security.

Why would I want to pay Adobe to lose my Credit Card info?

No thanks, I don't rent licenses.

jcw5002 said:

Does anybody know what will happen to the price after 1y is up?

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According to the terms:

Renewal
After the first 12 months, we will automatically renew your contract based on the current price of the offering.

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So I'm guessing it goes up to $19.99/month? Not sure since I didn't think they offer a Photoshop+Lightroom package previously.

-Kevin

Chastepe said:

No thanks, I don't rent licenses.

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Agreed. Scary trend.

kbmb said:

According to the terms:



So I'm guessing it goes up to $19.99/month? Not sure since I didn't think they offer a Photoshop+Lightroom package previously.

-Kevin

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Thanks!

Typical Adobe pricing scam

$9.99 for everyone*

*EU customers charged 12.29 Euro ($16.55)

If Adobe offered anything like US pricing for EU customers, I'd have signed up for a package a long time ago - I had my wallet at the ready for this deal, and put it away again as soon as I saw the EUR/USD disparity.

Adobe can go and ream themselves with a rusty fork before I give them money under these circumstances.

-- Pete.

I've been paying $19.99 a month for a year now for the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Gotta love the student and teacher discount.

Me thinks that this offer will either be indefinite and/or will be made often.

No thanks Adobe. Go die now.

Kindly, Everyone.

jcw5002 said:

Does anybody know what will happen to the price after 1y is up?

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Do what I did. Click on the "terms" in the description for your answer.

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HMI said:

Why would I want to pay Adobe to lose my Credit Card info?

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Stop being silly. Sadly lots or companies are being hacked. So extend your concerns and stop using all your cards. Tear them up and trash them. Then you'll feel safer.

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Chastepe said:

No thanks, I don't rent licenses.

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Agreed. I'll never pay Adobe a rental fee for a program like Photoshop.

Not biting until I can own the software at the end of a period of time.

The "Creative Cloud"

It looked like a good idea, but Adobe has a huge problem with security. It starts with Flash, which is a plugin, and is full of ways to circumvent my computer's security because it's a plugin. The way they handled the breach was also revealing: first they talked about a low number of possible breaches, but it turned out that 30 million or so had their usernames and passwords, and their credit cards, out there for thieves to go for.

It's not all Adobe. The users of these accounts used passwords like "123456" and "password" and the like, making themselves easy prey. Part of why passwords are broken. We need a better way of id'ing yourself that doesn't involve passwords primarily.

But it seems that my graphic artist friend who said he wouldn't use Creative Cloud on a bet was very right.

jayducharme said:

I wonder if Adobe's adoption rate for CC hasn't been as robust as they had hoped...

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That is my thought, too. I"m a member of a photography website/forum and definitely a lot of the members there, who had been long-time Photoshop users, were balking at this new program and the idea of "renting" their software and not owning it any longer.

jcw5002 said:

Does anybody know what will happen to the price after 1y is up?

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It will almost surely go up to the normal price.

That's just about a lifetime too short.

I don't care how low the price is: I don't buy things with reoccurring fees.

First hit is free, said the drug dealer.

Of course Adobe would want to lure in as many users as possible with a great introductory offer. Because what are you doing to do when the year is up? Go back to old versions or pay whatever Adobe makes you pay?

This is the same company that lied about how many accounts got hacked?

It sounds like Adobe didn't attract enough of its core users to make the money they were hoping for with the original 9.99 deal so they're expanding this to everyone.

Those who say this is a good deal are either easily fooled or just don't know any better.