Goodbye Photoshop

[runnah]

Read what ACTUAL Adobe Photoshop customers are saying...this idea is being seen and condemned for the blatant rip-off that it actually is. I don't mean the people that Adobe payed to say they want a good ass-reaming in a press release, but their actual, current user base...

Adobe heralds subscription-only future for Photoshop and Creative Suite: Digital Photography Review

This latest money-grab is being met with the response that a blatant money-grab is typically met with...meaning jeers of derision and expressions of disgust and contempt. Nice going Adobe!!!

Whine whine whine.

The math doesn't lie. I upgrade every other version, so not only would the initial cost be rolled into the following years the upgrades wouldn't cost more. Not to mention this is so much easier to budget for.

 

[Benco]

Corel will be laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[KenC]

I agree with Derrel, and apparently a lot of other people. I'm on my third version of PS. I had the first two (PS4 and PS CS) for 6 years each and was able to get the upgrade price when I went to CS. I now have CS5, which I've been using for 2 1/2 years and intend to use for at least a couple more. I would guess that most PS users are not professionals who can justify frequent upgrades, but people like me who keep a version for a while until operating system changes obsolete it or there are enough new features to make it worth changing over.

 

[o hey tyler]

No big whoop, cheaper in the long run with butter support.

The butter support is worth it IMO. No more dry toast.

 

[Jad]

I know many people think a monthly payment is a way of life. It is not for me. When I buy something I want to own it. PS is not going to become like a cell phone or cable bill in my life. It may work for the high end user with big profits but I am just a guy that likes to take pictures and I will be dammed if they think I will make monthly payment to them.

 

[jake337]

No big whoop, cheaper in the long run with butter support.

The butter support is worth it IMO. No more dry toast.

Toast,lol.


Completely off topic but my son asked me the greatest question the other day.


Jacob "Daddy, can I have some toast please?"
Me "Sure"
Jacob "Can I have it with no butter and don't toast it please?'
Me "Huh?
Jacob " I want some raw toast"

 

[nmoody]

As a home user who does not use these products to make money it basically means I will be sticking the CS6 LR4 until they are so outdated I have to move to a different product suite.

If this is true like we are assuming NIK and other similar suites are primed to take over the home market.

EDIT: will be also interesting to see how the NAPP reacts to this.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

No big whoop, cheaper in the long run with butter support.

The butter support is worth it IMO. No more dry toast.

mmmmmmm buttered toast

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

I know many people think a monthly payment is a way of life. It is not for me. When I buy something I want to own it. PS is not going to become like a cell phone or cable bill in my life. It may work for the high end user with big profits but I am just a guy that likes to take pictures and I will be dammed if they think I will make monthly payment to them.
Here is my conversation with a Adobe rep online

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can't see the convo, host somewhere else.

 

[Tee]

I'll just edit all my photos in Instagram now. But in all seriousness, it'll be interesting to see how the likes of Kelby, etc weigh in on this.

 

[ronlane]

I'll just edit all my photos in Instagram now. But in all seriousness, it'll be interesting to see how the likes of Kelby, etc weigh in on this.

RC was already talking about the Nik stuff that Google bought up and offered as a full suite for $149. But it will be interesting.

 

[Light Guru]

Photoshop by it self is only $20 a month for the cloud subscription, that's $5 a week.

If your complaining about $5 a week then your in the wrong profession or hobby people. Skip a few trips to starbucks and get over it.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Photoshop by it self is only $20 a month for the cloud subscription, that's $5 a week.

If your complaining about $5 a week then your in the wrong hobby people. Skip a few trips to starbucks and get over it.

Or we could not make blanket statements thinking $x is a small amount to everyone, just because it is to you.

If you think because a pricing model fits your needs, that means it will fit everybody's needs, you're being presumptuous at best.

 

[runnah]

If your complaining about $5 a week then your in the wrong profession or hobby people. Skip a few trips to starbucks and get over it.

Exactly.

 

[SCraig]

The full version of Photoshop CS6 is $650, and if you do the new membership it's only $20 a month so that's 32 months or 2 years and 7 months.

Most people are on a two year upgrade cycle so you are actually saving money in the long run.

What is you creative cloud username?

Personally I'd never have paid $650 for it anyway. In my opinion it isn't worth it. I got my copy during a one-day sale for $250, and the ONLY reason I bought it was because it was $250. Even then I think I've only used it a couple of times since I got it.

I swore off Adobe years ago when Photoshop was going from version 3 to 4. It cost something like $100 to upgrade from 3 to 4, and no sooner had I upgraded than I got a note from them wanting me to upgrade to some later version. Not for free, of course.