I will consider buying Adobe products again IF AND ONLY IF they stop their subscription model and allow me to purchase their software outright.
If you read carefully you may know that I don’t support the subscription model at least in its current form.Personal use - not business related as you do it sounds like.
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So they made something and it sort of is what it is and we're supposed to just keep paying them for it forever even though they are now "out of ideas" as you said?
Are the customers some sort of welfare program for Adobe?
I've heard many arguments in favor of subscriptions, but none as brazen as "they are out of ideas so they just decide to charge us indefinitely".
I will consider buying Adobe products again IF AND ONLY IF they stop their subscription model and allow me to purchase their software outright.
You are definitely in the minority. Most people do not need $3,000 3D modelling software. Most just want a decent version of Photoshop to edit photos. And most people don't want to be locked in paying 35-50 dollars per month forever, lest their software just "stops working".
Is Adobe charging a separate $10 fee for PS on iPad even if you have CC subscription or can you login with your CC subscription?
It does for Adobe.That doesnt justify their lazy and greedy situations.
So... you are telling me the iPad can run a full fledged software and not dumbed down versions?
How can Macrumors do this big of an expose on a flagship product like Photoshop and not mention cost? Many of us have parted ways with Adobe over their aggressive subscription model that hurts casual users of their software who otherwise might buy a discounted license of the software and use it for several years.
I wish Affinity would come out with a Lightroom clone, and a bonus if it used LR presets.
My LR 5 is getting long in the tooth and is the one thing making me think about reupping the Photography suite. Especially now that presets can be synced to mobile.
What if you're a user that doesn't use PS to make money?
I don't think there is a right, or wrong answer to the subscription model, in an ideal world they would offer both.
If you are a professional who always needs the most up to date Adobe suite, then the subscription model won't particularly bother you. But having said that, I know professionals who still manage perfectly well on much older versions of Adobe software, who now, if they ever decide to upgrade have no choice but to look elsewhere as the subscription model just doesn't make sense to them.
If you were always upgrading within a three-year timescale for the full suite, the subscription model is fine. But if you didn't, it's a very expensive prospect. In the UK it's now £600 a year for the full suite, as opposed to say £2500 or so with the old single purchase model. So if you only ever upgraded every six years , you're now looking at a higher cost.
That's before you consider people who only needed the £1200 Design Standard, with Photoshop and Illustrator. Nowadays, you'd have to get the full subscription, so in that six year timeframe it's £3,600 vs £1,200.
So it really depends on your use case, everyone is going to have a different set of needs.
That's before you even consider the extended use of the old system. When you upgraded, you still had a physical set of discs, which could be used on systems for projects with less demanding needs, donated to friends, sold, or whatever you used to do with them.
A final consideration for some, based on my own use just as an example. Many years ago, when I was using the Adobe suite on a daily basis, I purchased the full suite for whatever the cost was at the time, a couple of grand. It served its purpose well and when I moved to a different line of work a few years later, that same suite of Adobe apps were still made use of by me for years, mainly just personal use, after which someone else has been using them and still is.
So that 2 grand purchase would have cost five times as much on a subscription model, not to mention that if you wanted to keep using the software for as long as it had some practical use to you, you'd have to be paying Adobe the £60 every single month - I dread to think how much that would have added up to now.
Point being, not everyone - professionals included, need to upgrade often enough to make the current subscription model value for money. we can afford to pay it every month, that's not the issue, it's simply a value proposition. If you don't care much about value for money in your business, you're doing it wrong, even multi-billion dollar companies care about value.
What if in a year or two you realise that the versions of the Adobe suite you're using would last you for years without upgrading? Do you just stop paying Adobe and continue with the version you have? No, you have no choice but to continue paying them unnecessarily. But hey, it's your dime.
Some people prefer to buy things outright, and always will, you never know what the future holds, so software you own a physical copy of can be of more use to you, for a longer period and be significantly better value for money than any subscription model.
Oh, and if you're wondering - I still use Adobe, but I have started evaluating Affinity.
100% agree with this sentiment. I used to be deep into the Adobe world but, with their subscription software stunt, I kicked them to the curb. Adios Adobe!Still subscription based? No thanks, I'll stick to Affinity Photo and Designer.
Seriously, for the casual user who only needs to use the software a couple of times per year, the new model should be cheaper. You simply use the $9.99/month option as you need it, and cancel when you don't. No need to pay hundreds of dollars up front just to do something basic. The barrier to entry of using the software has been dramatically lowered under this model.
Problem is not in the subscription or one-time payment. The problem is if I need some furniture work done once in while I would not hire a carpenter for life and keep him at my house. I would rather call in when needed, get the work done, pay him and send him off. Now, in case I am running a furniture company that builds furniture daily, it then makes sense to hire carpenter permanently instead of hiring them every month. Different people have different requirements.
I use photoshop in my office daily which is the company provided, a subscription is a very good, low upfront cost with all the latest update. But at home, I use it only a couple of times in a month or maybe less and i may not need all the cutting edge latest update either.