Many of those hobbyists and short form content creators uploading stuff to social media are still making money. And I doubt they’ll even blink at adding one more $5.00 subscription to all the others they’re already paying for.
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Apple Announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad With Subscription Models
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Yep, they should just buy Serif (Affinity) and put their name on it
and ruin it like every other purchase?
Because it's 2023 ... I've been changing the way I've used computers many times in the past 35 years, hell I've changed the way I drive, and the way I educate myself thats the way tech works.
Sure there are certain tasks that are certainly more cumbersome to the point of hateful on a tablet regardless of trackpad and keyboard, (I hate editing wordpress templates on an iPad for example) but many that are not, and instead have simply become far more portable and in some cases far outclass their desktop equivalents.
And yet better than desktop depending on the use case - and in many professional applications too from medical to multimedia.
Desktops have their place, so do tablets - Doesn't work for you, great. But they are a game-changer, for the better in a whole lotta other professions.
Theres a difference between doesn't exist and not knowing it existed in the first place.
The automobile was also an answer to a problem that didn't exist. Horses were just fine, cars weren't that much faster for a long while after.
I’m sure at one point, there was someone that looked at some kid buying a Mac and mused, “They’re going to eventually need something that runs VisiCalc.”
And it’s probably news to many that one cannot release music without spending fifty fold or more than what an iPad costs.
It's also a no buena if you have a problem with your bank or your credit card and you lose access to your work software. Like if your bank card is hacked, etc. I guess Apple wants you to get an Apple Card so you can hurry up get another vassel / slave job before you lose access to your work tools.
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Curious on the sound library for Logic though. Currently it’s like 77gb total for the Mac Version, so if it’s still that large, then people will be buying larger storage IPads for sure, including the size of the projects themselves.
Looks cool but i don’t think i would actually use it over my mac. I just find the iPad so much less productive for some reason. Time will tell.
Looks cool but i don’t think i would actually use it over my mac. I just find the iPad so much less productive for some reason. Time will tell.
And if you don't need to edit an old project for a year you just saved $50 rather than shelling out for the entire product.
Makes no sense. The rest of us should have an option to buy. Shame on Apple. Buycott.
Small beans vs what they spend on the rest of their infrastructure. Most social media and SEO tools are $100+ per month EACH. And that doesnt include spend on followers, backlinks, ads etc...
Being able to properly edit a youtube short, tik-tok or facebook video on-the go is well worth the $5 to virtually any content creator who isn't nailed to their desk doing their hair or unboxing.
I feel like there should always be a perpetual, or permanent licence option with every subscription. Before we know it, we'll be paying out dozens of companies and struggling to keep track of all the payments. Some are organized enough, but life gets busy and sometimes we forget. This is what they're counting on. Maybe the EU will enforce subscription software developers to also offer a permanent license some day.
Before developers would have to give people a reason to pay an upgrade price. Now theoretically they can sit around and do nothing and get paid. This is going to sound harsh, but sometimes I see software subscriptions as ransomware: "continue pay us or you don't get to use our software". I'm exaggerating, but you get the idea.
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I use my iPad with Garageband in a similar way for live performances. I hope Logic can do the same and more. The price of $50/year is absolutely amazing. For people who don’t want a subscription, they should also not ask for new features after they pay for it. That’s not a sustainable model and it leads the software to being abandoned.
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Can you confirm it doesn’t support plug ins? I’ve read it does.
Multitouch is already one way the iPad could be better. Pencil support too. If you use a mouse/trackpad and keyboard with the iPad, what would be fundamentally different in terms of input? I can have FILES and many other windows open and floating, I’ve become pretty proficient with Stage Manager on the 13” iPad. My AU plug ins and external instruments and devices also work great with GarageBand, so they should work with Logic Pro.
It’s a long way to May 23rd. I’ll bet anything that Apple bends the knee and adds one time $300 payment.
Aperture was great. Loved it. Then Apple discontinued it. Software wise Apple is a bit like Google. We’ll just randomly discontinue a great product because you can Photos.
Sadly I feel like this is going to be a new trend for Apple to boost their "services" numbers.
That would have been a good idea actually. However I"m sure they don't want people to regard these apps as a step down from the MacOS versions, especially if they want people to pay a subscription for them.
Or you can just run down to the local store and buy an Apple Voucher?
But… why? Is it not as good of an app without an Apple logo?Yep, they should just buy Serif (Affinity) and put their name on it
You think Apple will stop supporting macOS before they charge a subscription fee for Final Cut on the Mac?
I mean I get Apple won’t support the Mac forever, but I bet that is still 1-2 decades away yet.