Single App Plan Not [Locked]

thejeta1  wrote As a strong opponent of CC... #metoo #downwithcc #saynotomonopolisticbusinesses

Hi thejeta1​

Out of curiosity, can you tell us which plan or plans you currently have?

Jane

thejeta1  wrote can someone please explain why the 'Single App Plan' is double the price of say the 'Photographers Plan'?

To address this specifically, all Single App plans, since Day 1, have always been around US$20/month.

There was a push inside Adobe (apparently led by Thomas Knoll, creator of Photoshop) to recognize photographers specifically and bundle something especially for them. This led to a Black Friday promotion called the Photography Plan for $10/month back in 2013. It was such a hit that Adobe eventually made it permanent.

There are subtle differences between Photography Plan and Single App Photoshop so Adobe has always offered both

Differences between Photoshop and Creative Cloud Photography Programs

thejeta1  wrote And, why does the SAP not allow Lightroom to be considered as one of the 'single apps'?

Adobe offers 3 different Photography Plans instead:

• LR (Cloud)+LR(Classic)+PS+20GB for half the price of a SAP
• LR (Cloud)+LR(Classic)+PS+1TB
• LR(Cloud)+1TB for half the price of a SAP

It's a valid argument.

Keep in mind that these same points were furiously debated in these forums and elsewhere several years ago back when the Cloud was first released. Boycotts, petitions and even sit-ins were proposed back then but little came of them. Some left, many more arrived. Not much has changed in the bundling of the plans since day 1 - other than the introduction of the Photography Plan which everyone immediately embraced when it arrived

There are currently 15 million paid subscribers and climbing. I'm guessing they did their due diligence beforehand and have accepted their current plan. They may even be happy with it.

https://prodesigntools.com/creative-cloud-one-million-paid-members.html

I'm not sure a silent protest by the Monthly subscribers of skipping a month will achieve anything. That's how those plans work by design anyway and everyone has different start and stop dates so there won't be a bump in the numbers. Adobe won't notice and the subscribers undoubtedly subscribed because that plan suits them best.

Ultimately you'll have to make your own call based on the plans as they stand today.

Every one is free to have an opinion. So you're welcome to be against CC. I for my part made the calculation and found that the subscription model is favourably priced. My company has even increased the number of licenses, because of the model.

Now for your question:

thejeta1  wrote Since the 'App' plans on CC are anything but sensibile in structure or fair to the consumer, can someone please explain why the 'Single App Plan' is double the price of say the 'Photographers Plan'?

This is a marketing decision. I can speculate: As many photographers are heavy users of Lr and Ps Adobe wanted to keep that portion of the customer's population aboard. Lr alone would not allow for that price of around 10$/month so they made a special plan with Photoshop. That plan is a bargain, bringing Ps into the hands of hobbyists, the ones that could before not afford the 1000$+ that Ps did cost. I personally took a Photography plan for my own needs as a "hobby" photographer.

thejeta1  wrote I call on all users who pay their subscription monthly - to unite with solidarity force - and take action - by letting your subscription lapse for one month

That will disrupt the businesses of the people doing that and it is a breach of contract. For this to have an effect and to be legally OK, the users would need to cancel at the end of their contract to take a new contract the month after, not being able to serve customers for a month. I wouldn't do that, except if I could afford a month of holidays.