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chasepatton
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June 26, 2015
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Why is adobe making us pay monthly?

  • June 26, 2015
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It is not fair for adobe to ask for money from everyone by asking us to pay $9.99 monthly for everything in the creative cloud and will not even allow us to have the option to pay a full price upfront for only one software. This needs to be fixed.

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    Correct answer John Waller

    Why did they stop publishing stand alone software?


    Future market growth, ongoing stable revenue streams (monthly subscription payments) and generate bigger returns for shareholders are some of the strongest reasons for me.

    Several analyses online:

    http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/creative-software/analysis-real-reason-adobe-ditched-creative-suite-for-creative…​

    Why Creative Cloud Gets Free Upgrades but Adobe CS6 Doesn’t | ProDesignTools 

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    Jeff_Know1
    Jeff_Know1
    Inspiring
    June 27, 2015

    Tags: stop stealing my money.

    Haha, first time I've noticed tags. Nice.

      Pattie-F
      Pattie-F
      Legend
      June 27, 2015

      The Photography, Single App, and Complete Plan subscriptions can each be paid for on a monthly plan or prepaid annual plan

      Pattie.

      Rajashree Bhattacharya
      Community Manager
      Rajashree BhattacharyaCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      June 27, 2015

      You can pay one time fee for an year also:

      Adobe - Subscription Terms

      Creative Cloud Help | Creative Cloud / Common Questions

      https://creative.adobe.com/plans

      Regards

      Rajashree

        Jeff_Know1
        Jeff_Know1
        Inspiring
        June 27, 2015

        You two know full well that's not what he's asking...

        You can pay one time fee for an year also:

        Interesting choice of words, "one time fee". What happens after this year?

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        Why is adobe making us pay monthly?

        Well, let me tell you why.


        Adobe wants customers to try the Cloud version out for a year, enticing them with advertisements saying how awesome and wonderful it all is and getting a discount for the first year. In the meantime you’re making and editing files that can (mostly) only be opened with Adobe’s programs.


        Then when the year is over you of course still want to be able to open up your own created files. So... you reluctantly sign up for another year, even though you don’t really want to. This goes on until you have developed full-blown Stockholm syndrome and start to defend this BS rental system. That is the new business model with CC.

          Pattie-F
          Pattie-F
          Legend
          June 27, 2015

          If you prefer to purchase a suite instead of a subscription, the CS6 suite is available for purchase: 

          Purchase CS6 products

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