Re:I was wrong about spreadsheets (2017)
by notyourday on Friday July 12, 2019 @08:18AM
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You pay per year. $120 gets you access to the photo bundle for one year. That's 30x cups of Starbucks drip coffee a year. Creative people who are 'struggling' blow more than that a month on weed, beer, coffee or Tinder. We all make choices that show what we prioritize.
Anyway, the subscription model for this kind of software works really well. Software keeps becoming better and so far Photoshop has been running circles around the limpy thing known as Gimp
P.S. I just got hit with the next year charge. I was annoyed so I tried installing CS 6. It's OK. It still beats Gimp but I would rather not drink coffee or smoke weed for a month to have money to pay for the yearly subscription for the photo bundle.
P.P.S. And if you are really really really struggling "creative" you are probably young and either go to school or have a friend that goes to school which can get you it under the EDU discount, which is peanuts.
That's because you only think of yourself. Creatives are one of the most struggling professions, and can have widely different returns per year, and salaries in different parts of the world can be much lower.
People who could afford to buy Photoshop at some point (perhaps even a used copy), later down the road might not be able to pay the subscription for a few months, but in the new scheme they lose access to the program altogether.
8 years? There are creatives that use 10 and 20 year old versions of Photoshop on Windows.