I see a hidden price rise.
Hi John...not hidden at all for me, big price increase after the first year, especially here in France/europe...and we get less options for the price increase.
Something I wrote to Jeff the day before the adobe announcement here, in this thread :
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=77989.0"Guess it depends what the price point is. Based on prices today, the adobe single app cost is 20 dollars a month or 25 euros a month. Even if it's just every 18 months I still do better paying the upgrade fee like I used to.
Also, now I can upgrade when I want. Say I bought CS6 upgrade when it came out. Today I don't have to upgrade to CS7 until CS8 is ready to ship, if I don't want to lose my right/ability to upgrade. That would be closer to 36 months. Ok, say we narrow it down to 30 months. That's still only around $7 a month, not $20. Today the price point is not in my favor.
Based on the new features I've seen released over the last months for CS6 subscription users I'd say yes, I could wait till CS7 to have them included. They don't mean anything to me or my work.
Also, the $20/25 euro a month price is relevant today. What if Adobe decides to raise the price next year? I mean I wouldn't be surprised. What do I do? If I don't like it I can just stop paying and have nothing in hand to work with. At least until now by buying my 18 month upgrades I could continue to use Photoshop.
Honest, Jeff, I have nothing but respect for the folks that work at Adobe. I'm not trying to take food out of their mouths. I don't expect them to work for free. I love photoshop. I don't want to be put in a position to have to stop using it. But the subscription model just doesn't fit into my financial horizon.
Even if they came down to $10 a month, I'd be skeptical. Why? Forgive me this lapse into my imagination, but I suspect the shareholders would want more profit. Tease 'em with something cheap up front, get 'em addicted, then lower the hammer. Ok, call me paranoid. This is another 'thing' in our world, but I just hate the inflated prices of food and countless other things due to shareholders. Profit being given to people who do nothing but inflate the true prices of goods and services seems wrong to me. Food for another forum.
Sorry, but no. Not tempted in the least by the adobe subscription offers. What they'll offer us tomorrow, well, you know more about it than I."
Add to this the loss of trust and confidence I've felt since last year and Adobe's 'renew every version' not every two or three versions, and the writing is on 'my' wall. I'm kind of feeling like Bernard. Trying a few other raw converters and seeing what's available to replace photoshop. Nothing can replace it today, but that might not be true in a year or two. I've bought pixelmator. I'm gonna download a trial of Photoline, and maybe buy that too. Knowing I won't upgrade photoshop CS6 has freed up 250 euros in my budget. Similar doubts for Lightroom. Dang. Such great software. Made by some very talented people at Adobe. Ruined by greed. Well, ruined for me. It's really a shame. No matter how much some people have today it's never enough.