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They do offer cheaper deals for students. http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativecloud/students.edu.html http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativecloud/studen
by jiggy2011 13y ago
They do offer cheaper deals for students.
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativecloud/students.edu.html http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativecloud/students.edu....
Besides they are pricing for max revenue rather than max sales.
Better to sell to one professional who will pay $1000 than 10 student/hobbyists who will pay $60.
- tomrod 13y agoThis is refreshing. I love economic arguments. Does software like Adobe's typically show increasing returns to scale though?
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago>Better to sell to one professional Exactly, they only have to support a small group of professional users. >who will pay $1000 than 10 student/hobbyists who will pay $60 I see what you did there...
- devcpp 13y agoThat's short-term thinking. If students don't use your products, they won't when they turn into tomorrow's professionals. Lots of successful companies have been doing this for many years. $60+ per month is way too expensive. Thankfully for them, piracy is widespread enough to ensure that GIMP's ugly interface keeps students from switching to it.
- nemothekid 13y agoAt the end of the day is though whether Photoshop costs $60 oor $600, I think most students/hobbyists will pirate it anyway.