Thank you for let me know. Yes, I can also understand you, but all depends on many type of people and the usage they do of Photoshop.
It' s of course a good price 9,99$ for people or Professionals that used Photoshop every day and also have incomes thanks to Photoshop that is a standalone software and is good price for certain type of people.
Photographers or professionals that also need more updates, new features and need Photoshop leatest versions as they use it for job and is important to be always updated softwares.
But for another different type of people, like housewifes or people that use it at home for little projects or to learn it, the price it would be a great expensive software.
To pay even an expensive software as is it Photoshop, it still could make sense for these type of second kind of people, if at least one could purchase one time only:in that case, the price they pay would be around $600 or less if Photoshop old versions could be distribuited again for purchase one time only. In fact, one could spend $600 or $700 but after all it would be only once.
I usually used softwares for 20 years
(example Word processor since 2004 up to 2023= 22 years)
With a subscription, it could be not convenient for the second cathegory of people like me, because :
$9,99 x 12 months = $119
$119 x 5 years = $595
$119 x 10 years = $1,190
Unfortunately, if I should pay Photoshop for 20 years I would spend $2,380.
This can seems yet a good price because in 20 years this happens, but... at the end, that's the price actually one have to spend. Its obviously too much for a person that use photoshop but not even have a job with it. So for professionals is ok, but not for other users like me.
And also, the price , can seems good if one consider only photoshop , but what will happens when all the softwares also requires subscriptions, just like Adobe do? Clearly it would be not possible for the world to pay so much subscriptions. We have to consider things from everyone point of view ,so the correct is the middle. So, the ones that have a job and companies and photographers should have compulsory a subscription and full photoshop . And the ones that don't have professional usage or job or company, should have full photoshop at a price that is affordable for people (considering a price that is good also compared if everyone should start a subscriptions for all softwares). So the price of photoshop for certain category should be no more than 300 $ (this is the media price of softwares that the mass can purchase in one time payment). Professional since have a job with photoshop will be the ones that will do the rest and pay photoshops subscriptions .
So, its ok for who is Professional to Support Adobe with subscriptions, but I think it would be good if Adobe could consider also to make some other packages for who wish to purchase one time only and just update to have at the end the One time purchase only - Photoshop. With years, one, with updates, could even reach $700, but at the end, it will be really like to purchase it one time only.
Its not only a matter of price . At the end of the day, with efforts one could spend (if have a job) $9,99 per month. But the problem that Adobe should consider is another : what will happens of all, I mean, all the software companies will start to sell their softwares only by subscription? Can we image a world where everything, to be used, need a subscription? Also Adobe Developers themselves, what would think, if every single software or product they use, it would start to be sold with only a subscription? Thats the main problem with this type of strategy. It will become really hard for everyone. So, thats why I think its good to have Photoshop for subscription, compulsory for all people that have a Company and all the Graphic studios, Photographer studio, School trachers in Schools, and similar structures, and at the same time, without make a Limited version of a software, but just given more features (new) to the subscriptions ones, but give also a software with the same base features of a real Photoshop cs6 to the second cathegory of people as well. I mean, is not to have a software with less features for who want to purchase one time only and is not a Professional, but instead, gives More features new to the one that have subscriptions, but leave at least more features (like the mixer brush) for who is not so luckly to have a job or use Photoshop for Professional reasons, but yet with to use the great Photoshop, for their personal Projects or little experiments... theres nothing to worry about it, because they will always have the support base from the Professional ones... I think sometimes when many years ago, what should say those who made great big softwares and they selled for purchase one time only? Or the games producers that sell a game one time only? Especially once? It was hard, but today, thanks to subscriptions, they can have both, the supports of Professionals and the purchase one time only (plus some updates releases) from the ones not professionals that dont think its convenient to have a subscription.
Wow... if you read till here... thanks! Lol
I know, if I had a real job, of course, I would not even think about it.. but surely if everyone would request subscriptions, we would be all in serious difficulty...
I think theres need to project something also in the light of the future.. this is my point of view of course, and everyone have their point of view, I can understand... I hope anyway The mixer brush at least will be available one day! eheh
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