The_Gream
macrumors 6502
They have a link (footnote) on the Apple site for education.
It’s like 2.99 a month or 29.99 a year for education.
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Apple Introduces New 'Creator Studio' Bundle of Apps for $129 Per Year
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It’s like 2.99 a month or 29.99 a year for education.
The_Gream
macrumors 6502
You beat me to it. I love how people are not following the link to Apples website to actually read the info.
Reminds me of when I worked for a company that was upgrading their card terminals at the stores. I asked about Apple Pay and they said they wouldn’t support it because Apple charges them. I was like, no they don’t, and pulled up the whole page about how Apple Pay works and where Apple gets their money for the transaction.
Guess what, they added Apple Pay. People need to stop taking ‘articles’ at face value. If you have questions, follow the link to the source.
I remember as a kid in school, we couldn’t quote Wikipedia, but we could use Wikipedia’s foot notes to find the source.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Apple is doing a great job of unifying opinion ... against Apple.
skitidetdu
macrumors 6502a
Understandably, the apps need to bring in revenue, but $12.99/month? Should have been more like $3.99/month especially with this:
"In the Pixelmator Pro app on the Mac and iPad, for example, Apple Creator Studio subscribers will get access to a new Warp tool for twisting and shaping image layers. And in the Numbers, Pages, and Keynote apps, an Apple Creator Studio subscription will unlock a Content Hub with royalty-free photos, premium templates, themes, and more."
Does $12.99/month justify templates, themes, and a warp tool? The pricing is very tone deaf considering how much people can find online for free especially with AI tools which are much cheaper per month and provide so much more.
"In the Pixelmator Pro app on the Mac and iPad, for example, Apple Creator Studio subscribers will get access to a new Warp tool for twisting and shaping image layers. And in the Numbers, Pages, and Keynote apps, an Apple Creator Studio subscription will unlock a Content Hub with royalty-free photos, premium templates, themes, and more."
Does $12.99/month justify templates, themes, and a warp tool? The pricing is very tone deaf considering how much people can find online for free especially with AI tools which are much cheaper per month and provide so much more.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
I hope Apple gets the results one might expect from this pricing strategy.
Any mention of what happened to Photomator? Did that get bundled into the new new Pixelmator Pro?
macaddiict
macrumors 6502
Apple seems determined to watergun themselves in the foot.
"One more thing" has become "One more thing to subscribe to" under Cook
"One more thing" has become "One more thing to subscribe to" under Cook
Bonte
macrumors 65816
It looks like a lot, but really, it isn't for pro apps. If the subscription makes Apple work on updates and features then this seems ok. I'm all in on Adobe and I'm paying a lot more. Too bad I haven't found good replacements yet, I'm stuck on habits and specific features.
jakey rolling
macrumors 65816
For Apple's part, they are keeping it about as simple as possible in this case. One subscription price for all their software.
What you're talking about sounds a lot like the Microsoft 365 subscription model. That is the opposite of simple.
jakey rolling
macrumors 65816
So you can pay Microsoft a subscription for software you already bought?
I know a lot of people are upset with the move to subscription pricing. I agree, it’s not the best. But compared to Creative Cloud, this is a steal, and if it can help Apple put the screws to Adobe alongside Affinity, then I’m all for it. Adobe needs some serious competition for once.
It’s always something
macrumors 6502a
It’s a less expensive way to go, if it comes down to that. And it includes storage.
Actually this works for me. I normally use FCP twice a year.
This allows me to buy buy 2 separate months every year.
This allows me to buy buy 2 separate months every year.
jakey rolling
macrumors 65816
Yes it is. "You gotta pay your dues" is absolutely an elitist attitude.
Software-based trades don't work like that and never have. While "learning", those high-end precision tools are handed out for very cheap and often even free (including some tools that are incredibly expensive - far more expensive than anything Apple has ever sold). Creative workflows are built around specific software tools and moving to "more precision, expensive" tools usually means completely overhauling that workflow. "Graduating" in the way that you imply is not nearly as simple as buying a bigger air compressor, more capable torque wrench, or a faster sewing machine.
There are a lot of up-and-coming "pixel pokers" out there who might have previously found the $1000+ price tag of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign incredibly hard to swallow, but are absolutely fine paying $90/mo to get those tools plus all the others offered in Creative Cloud.
jakey rolling
macrumors 65816
True, but you don't have to go to Windows to get that.
Good or bad idea aside, I can’t help but think it strange having, for example, Logic Pro bundled with… uh…. Numbers…. 🤷🏻♂️😅
jakey rolling
macrumors 65816
Yeah, the positioning of this is kind of weird. It seems a lot like someone decided to put together a subscription for a "Final Cut Studio" type of bundle and then thought "hey, might as well include all the AI iWork stuff in there as well".
One thing is clear - the thought that they definitely didn't have was "You know, we should probably run this one past the marketing department first."
Zdigital2015
macrumors 601
Zdigital2015
macrumors 601
Seriously, though…if you were using the iPad versions of FCP and Logic, that was a $100, so now you can get it all for $29 more. The devil is in the details then all this launches, conjecture here is just not helpful.