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Making Photoshop a subscription service was an extremely successful business decision, so I'm not sure what the comparison is supposed to mean here. I say this

Making Photoshop a subscription service was an extremely successful business decision, so I'm not sure what the comparison is supposed to mean here. I say this as someone who switched to Krita and canceled CC subscription.

noosphr 8mo ago
Enshificstion kills companies slowly, then all at once.
danlitt 8mo ago
"extremely successful business decision" and "inherently disliked" can both be true. Increasing fees quite often works out for the business too, but consumers don't generally like it.
- logifail 8mo ago
  > consumers don't generally like it I'd prefer looking at what (potential) consumers actually do rather than what they say. "Saying" is a really weak signal.
  - SiempreViernes 8mo ago
    Ok mr sceptic, where are your numbers showing consumers buy more of a thing after it becomes more expensive?
    - logifail 8mo ago
      Was merely commenting on the observed preference vs stated preference issue (aka "the Say/Do Gap"), not the underlying point about raising prices.
      - isnxjsjdn 8mo ago
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    - skeeter2020 8mo ago
      Apple has done pretty well historically walking the line between mass consumer and Veblen good. Without them I don't believe we'd see the same variety of high-end devices, they somehow convinced a lot of people that the price of a phone is a signal of it's value.
  - NikolaNovak 8mo ago
    Yes, and, op's point stands. I am one of those people: 1. Absolutely despise the lightroom being subscription and 2. Haven't switched yet. There are moats and capabilities and friction. Not every vote with your wallet is a ringing endorsement. I have 15 years of lightroom databases over 100k photos so switching is hard. At the same time those are from the time I did a photography side gig, now I don't so monthly cost for no monthly gains really peeves me. So it absolutely is a successful business decision and it absolutely is widely despised by customer base. Both are true :-)
  - isnxjsjdn 8mo ago
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noosphr 8mo ago

Enshificstion kills companies slowly, then all at once.

danlitt 8mo ago

"extremely successful business decision" and "inherently disliked" can both be true. Increasing fees quite often works out for the business too, but consumers don't generally like it.

logifail 8mo ago
> consumers don't generally like it I'd prefer looking at what (potential) consumers actually do rather than what they say. "Saying" is a really weak signal.
- SiempreViernes 8mo ago
  Ok mr sceptic, where are your numbers showing consumers buy more of a thing after it becomes more expensive?
  - logifail 8mo ago
    Was merely commenting on the observed preference vs stated preference issue (aka "the Say/Do Gap"), not the underlying point about raising prices.
    - isnxjsjdn 8mo ago
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  - skeeter2020 8mo ago
    Apple has done pretty well historically walking the line between mass consumer and Veblen good. Without them I don't believe we'd see the same variety of high-end devices, they somehow convinced a lot of people that the price of a phone is a signal of it's value.
- NikolaNovak 8mo ago
  Yes, and, op's point stands. I am one of those people: 1. Absolutely despise the lightroom being subscription and 2. Haven't switched yet. There are moats and capabilities and friction. Not every vote with your wallet is a ringing endorsement. I have 15 years of lightroom databases over 100k photos so switching is hard. At the same time those are from the time I did a photography side gig, now I don't so monthly cost for no monthly gains really peeves me. So it absolutely is a successful business decision and it absolutely is widely despised by customer base. Both are true :-)
- isnxjsjdn 8mo ago
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