Adobe moves to the Cloud

[Marth8880]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzQo_ZMFrY

Basically, Adobe products are now subscription based and actually affordable now. $10/mo for PhotoShop? You kidding? That's incredible! And $30/mo (or something) for the entire Master Collection?!? Man!

But yeah, freakin' awesome stuff.

[guru]

$120 a year for just photoshop a software that 99.9% of everyone I know has "for free". Subscriptions are also coming for windows updates. These platforms will both fail in my opinion. It doesn't seem right to bill monthly on software that you used to be able to buy once install unlimited times for years, I still use fireworks mx for instance. Oh well guess we shall see. Not excited

[noMatt]

ive bought a student versioan of cs6, and i am not going to support adobe in this new selling concept. photoshop is expensive enough theres definitivly no chances that hobbyists can pay 30$ or more a month. and my problem is, adobe can do the following: you subscirbe to CC amd then they increase the prices. and then you have to pay more in order to keep using it. thats horrible

[Marth8880]

and my problem is, adobe can do the following: you subscirbe to CC amd then they increase the prices. and then you have to pay more in order to keep using it. thats horrible

So stop paying for it and attempt to boycott them if they do that.

ive bought a student versioan of cs6, and i am not going to support adobe in this new selling concept. photoshop is expensive enough theres definitivly no chances that hobbyists can pay 30$ or more a month.

PhotoShop is $20/mo; if these "hobbyists" know anything about budgeting their money, they have nothing to worry about.

[guru]

It's kinf of a slap in the face that over years it will end up costing way more and who wants another monthly bill or account that can "accidentally" get hacked every week like Sony,steam etc no thanks ill run my 100,990 business on this 2004 macro media mx cd. Hope their stock drops by going this route.

[THEWULFMAN]

Spend a few hundred dollars a year to get all of Adobe's products, updated to the newest version with no extra cost.

-or-

Spend a grand every 1-2 years to buy the same products and keep up with Adobe's updates.



Only one option makes sense to me.

[Marth8880]

CS6 = $2,000

In the cloud, CS6 = $50/mo * 12mo = $500/yr

CS1 (2003)
CS2 (2005)
CS3 (2007)
CS4 (2008)
CS5 (2010)
CS6 (2011)

If Adobe released a new Creative Suite roughly every 2 years, you are literally saving $1,000 each version by subscribing to the cloud.

[Dohnutt]

CS6 = $2,000

In the cloud, CS6 = $50/mo * 12mo = $500/yr

CS1 (2003)
CS2 (2005)
CS3 (2007)
CS4 (2008)
CS5 (2010)
CS6 (2011)

If Adobe released a new Creative Suite roughly every 2 years, you are literally saving $1,000 each version by subscribing to the cloud.

Totally. Everyone seems to be complaining about the cost when, in reality, it's actually a lot cheaper. I bought the CS6 Design & Web student version a few months back and I wish I had gotten CC.

[Maveritchell]

If Adobe released a new Creative Suite roughly every 2 years, you are literally saving $1,000 each version by subscribing to the cloud.

Totally. Everyone seems to be complaining about the cost when, in reality, it's actually a lot cheaper. I bought the CS6 Design & Web student version a few months back and I wish I had gotten CC.

There are a few things at play here, and not everyone's situation is the same. Possibilities that may exist:

1) User doesn't upgrade to the newest version every time one comes out.
2) User has software purchased for them by educational institution/place of work
3) User prefers to "own" software rather than maintaining a lease

I don't really use Adobe products (at least not the professional-level ones), but #2 especially I could sympathize with. Sometimes it's a tacit part of a benefits package to get software for a job, and it's nice to be able to have that software in perpetuity.

[noMatt]

Yes i bought Photoshop Student but this was a one time investment. I dont have to pay for anything now, and i dont think that i upgrade soon. And since everything is in the Cloud i wont upgrade at all.
If the normal photoshop selling concept would still be there i think i would buy cs 10 again