New math? I guess you don't understand the difference recurring and non-recurring expenses - perhaps that's what is confusing you? I also said it "could end up" saving me hundreds of dollars a year (as in the future) because I'm assuming that Adobe is indeed going to double the price of their photography plan to $20/month which would be 20x12=240/year. That's more than 100, so yes hundreds, plural. I'm a Sony shooter, so I only paid $50 for the Sony version of CO Pro (perpetual license). When I purchased Photo Mechanic, it was quite a bit cheaper than $139. I don't remember the exact cost right now but whatever - both CO and Photo Mechanic were one time purchases and are now sunk costs and non-recurring. So, for me, I'd have to purchase AP for $50 (one time purchase) which comes out to $4.17/month for 1 year. Regardless of my situation though, even if we use your numbers, that $120/yr recurring cost will eventually catch up to the one-time expenses and then out run them. In addition, if you seriously think Adobe isn't going to raise their subscription prices at some point in the near future, you've really drunk the kool-aid. Looking at the feature list of Affinity Photo and from what I've been reading, it's not that far off from PS in terms of all the retouching capabilities I need to use on a daily basis. Care to share what major 'tools, options or abilities' it's missing vs. just saying it's far from catching up to it? In what specific areas is it so severely lacking? Lastly, I'm definitely not associated with Affinity or an Adobe hater; I'm more of an Adobe frustrater. I've never even tried AP so I have no idea if it will meet my needs. I've used Adobe products for more than 15 years and have had a love/hate relationship with them the entire time. PS is unbelievable and I shiver at the thought of moving away from it but the last 3-4 upgrades have had quite a few bugs/issues make it through their QA cycles that take them a long time to fix - some they still haven't fixed (like the one mentioned in this thread). Bottom line is, I wouldn't even be having this stupid conversation with you if Adobe tightened up their software development practices and ensured their GA releases were fully regression tested. I wouldn't mind paying $120/yr or even $240/yr if they worked perfectly and as intended. I wouldn't be losing productivity by troubleshooting their software and potentially having to learn a new platform, workflow changes, etc.
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