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>Offering low cost subscriptions, e.g. instead of exorbitant one time fees. I couldn't disagree more. I pirated Adobe's products many years ago when I was a po
by 0xffff2 7y ago
>Offering low cost subscriptions, e.g. instead of exorbitant one time fees.
I couldn't disagree more. I pirated Adobe's products many years ago when I was a poor student who couldn't afford the price. I also wouldn't have been able to justify the price of a monthly subscription back then. Now though, I would pay any price up to a couple thousand dollars for a one-time purchase of CS6 Photoshop and Illustrator, but it's literally impossible to do this now.
- slenk 7y agoThis. As a student I couldn't afford it, but as an adult I would pay for Premier and Photoshop. I don't use them enough to justify the outrageous monthly price to use the two. So instead of getting some money from me now, Adobe will never get any.
- ip26 7y agoSetting aside other circumstances, IMO student pricing is usually dealt with pretty well overall. I think I paid $10 apiece for several different cutting-edge niche software packages with four to five figure commercial license costs, and various software from Microsoft was free. Even Adobe does it sometimes: https://www.cnet.com/news/5-a-year-for-photoshop-and-other-creative-cloud-apps-yes-as-adobe-slashes-education-pricing/ https://www.cnet.com/news/5-a-year-for-photoshop-and-other-c...
- stOneskull 7y agogreat. i'm a student. i study at home with courses i pirate.
- anoncake 7y agoThat's a problem if you're willing to pirate but unwilling to pirate.