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As a student, I still feel like their subscription model needs work. $20 a month is too much for a single application, especially when it requires a year-long c
by phaus 13y ago
As a student, I still feel like their subscription model needs work. $20 a month is too much for a single application, especially when it requires a year-long commitment. $30 for the academic subscription is a good deal because it includes everything, but I only use a few of the programs. Again, this option requires a year-long commitment.
For an educational license, I'd gladly pay $10 for Photoshop. For a commercial license, I'd pay $20, but only if I could cancel at any time.
- richforrester 13y agoFair enough, but at the very least, $20 (or even $60) a month sure beats the hell out of paying $2000 in one go, in my opinion. Or to put it the way Adobe should've thought of it: Assuming $50 a month (I pay more atm) over the 10 years since I quit school, Adobe could've made 6000 dollars on me. Instead, they made 0. (up until they launched creative cloud, that is)
- phaus 13y agoIt does, but before the subscription program, I wouldn't be surprised if 98% of users had pirated copies. The subscription fees are much more reasonable, but I'd be astonished if the rate of piracy has changed more than a few percentage points. I wonder if lowering the price to something around $9.99 or $14.99 and dropping the annual contract would grow the user base enough to increase overall revenue.