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If I recall correctly, it has always cost roughly as much as Photoshop during Adobe ownership. That is to say: prior to the Adobe CC pricing model, Flash cost m
by kaslai 6y ago
If I recall correctly, it has always cost roughly as much as Photoshop during Adobe ownership. That is to say: prior to the Adobe CC pricing model, Flash cost many hundreds of dollars. I did a quick spot check on Archive.org and it looks like "Flash Professional 8" had a retail price of $700 in 2006. $20/mo is definitely a lower barrier to entry than a one-off $700 payment.
- onion2k 6y agoA rep from Adobe once told me that about 90% of Photoshop installs were pirated (this was around 2002). I'd bet that a similar amount of Flash content was made using pirated copies of Flash.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoFlash content on sites like AlbinoBlackSheep and the like, sure - but can you put a price on culture?
- hypertele-Xii 6y agoReally? All those kids making those stick figure animations on the early web sites had access to 700$ software? Sounds amazing.
- mkl 6y agoPiracy was easier and rampant back then. Adobe (and Microsoft, etc.) knew that the kids who learned on pirated copies would lead to legit sales later.
- artificial 6y agoIt was the era of serials and cracks. Astalavista.box.sk. Activators and subscription software came later. Simpler times :)
- watwut 6y agoNah. Someone have them copy for free (yes piracy) and then they gave copies to their friends. Piracy was pretty normal back then.