Reduced Price for Those Unable to Upgrade

[George Langley]

There needs to be a reduced subscription price, OR a one-time purchase option, for those of us unable to upgrade our Adobe products. "Always having the latest version" is one of the selling features of subscription-based software. But when Adobe keeps increasing the minimum Mac OS (or computer specs) required to run the latest versions, they start leaving their customers in the dust, and are not fulfilling their promise.
I cannot afford to buy a brand-new computer every two years just to "keep up with the Joneses (Adobe)." And my current machine can only be upgraded to Monterey (12.7), meaning the latest version of Photoshop will not run on it (min. 13.0 required.)
The previous "buy once with reduced upgrade purchase options" is sorely missed. But charging the full subscription fee for a subscription that fails to deliver on its promise, is worse.
The Creative Cloud app can tell that you aren't running a new-enough machine or OS to run its products. It can easily identify those of us who deserve a reduced price, and can revert it back to full price if and when we do upgrade to be able to run the latest.
Given that Adobe is not putting any more effort into developing old versions, I'd say that 50% off would be reasonable. Or, a reasonable one-time fee for a perpetual licence, until such time as we can resubscribe again.
I feel like I am rebuying an old beater of a car, for the same price as a new one that I can't drive because I don't have a new-enough house to park it in front of.
Please and thanks.

[jane-e]

@George Langley 

Adobe offers you two choices:

• continue to use your older hardware and older operating system and older version of Photoshop. In the Creative Cloud app, turn off automatic updates for applications and don't update to the more current versions of Photoshop. When you eventually upgrade your computer and OS, your subscription includes the current version of Photoshop.
• another option is to subscribe to Photoshop Elements, which is usually $99 for a three year subscription and is more affordable

There are also free alternatives, but we are asked not to mention those on the Adobe Forums. You'll find them on the web search.

Jane

[George Langley]

Yes, I just don't upgrade. But why should we be paying full price for these out-dated versions? I still use them, so yes, pay something. But like a cable subscription - I don't pay more to get every new channel that they add, I pay less for just the channels I watch. So less for this old version and what it can do, versus more for all the new features that I can't access.

[Trevor.Dennis]

There are cheaper alternatives, and I am sure they will have continued to evolve the same as Photoshop.  Krita 5.2 is two years old. Gimp 4.7 is just a uyear old. The latest Affinity version is barely a month old.  There will never be a cut price Photoshop for older systems.  Adobe were apparently higly reluctant to make the Photography version available (thanks to Scott Kelby) so no point in worrying about it.

[ExUSA]

The newest Macs unable to update past Monterey are about 7-8 years old now. You can get a new M4 Mac mini for US$600 which is current and fully supported, that might be the best answer for you.