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Adobe Rent Price Increase
I just received an e-mail this morning from Adobe stating that the subscription cost will increase as of April 16, 2018 which is just around the corner. Currently my subscription is for Premiere Pro with a year plan that has a monthly payment so my rent will not increase until next year. It will be going from $19.99 a month to $20.99 a month. While this is not a huge increase it is something to consider before joining. I don’t know about the other apps as of yet though rent may increase for those as well.
I do know that some in here are in not in favor in rental only. Look forward to thoughts from others but please be respectful.
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[David Mathis] “I do know that some in here are in not in favor in rental only. Look forward to thoughts from others but please be respectful.”
There’s a good business argument to be made for staying with Adobe. This is a pretty minor increase in the grand scheme of things. Obviously for many, it’s a bridge too far – or – is an ideological argument.
If you fall into the latter case – and don’t actually need specific Adobe apps for their features or client compatibility – then there are enough free or buy-once (non-subscription) options out there. Obviously, Apple, Blackmagic Design, Affinity (Serif), and Pixelmator will cover pretty much all of the bases.
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[Oliver Peters] “There’s a good business argument to be made for staying with Adobe”
What is the increase for the entire CC package?
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A bit more detail in this blog post I found. Seems like they are adding discounts (from the increased price) for 3-yr commitments.
https://blog.shi.com/software/new-updates-lead-new-prices-adobe-creative-cloud/
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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Even Microsoft apparently still has a one-time-purchase option for Office:
https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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Do they offer a pro-rated return of your money if you wish to unsubscribe half way through your 3 year commitment? I’m leary of these extended commitments these days. They usually also include an auto-renewal, so the auto renewal on a 3 year becomes quite the commitment too if you forget to turn it off.
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No idea.
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[Oliver Peters] “There’s a good business argument to be made for staying with Adobe. “
Well…….that kind of depends on your ‘business.’ That is actually precisely why I switched AWAY
from Adobe. It would have been a pretty dumb business move on my part to stay with them.
I cannot charge my clients any more money ‘because I use Adobe.’ And I would pay more money out
renting software than I would buying alternative products. Now I’m doing ‘end to end’ work, so I
do not have to worry about fitting into a workflow of some ad agency or creative department.
That’s probably the exception, and so for many, there may be very good business arguments to
stay with Adobe. Being able to use the same software that a company that you are collaborating with
could be a huge thing. But……I’m not sure that I’d be saying a price INCREASE (even a small $3/month
one like this) makes a ‘good business argument’ to stay with Adobe. I might say ‘if you have a business
based on using Adobe products, you should be happy that the first subscription price increase is a very
small one…..and not the huge ‘whammy’ that some anti subscription people were predicting.’ In other
words, this small increase probably does not change the business arguments one way or another.
People who were already using Adobe products are not going to be hurt by a $3/month increase. But
I don’t think it HELPS people subscribing to Adobe to have a price hike……even a minor one.Gabe Strong
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[Gabe Strong] ” this small increase probably does not change the business arguments one way or another.”
Agreed. Adobe subscribers are looking at a nominal $36 yearly increase.
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[Oliver Peters] “Even Microsoft apparently still has a one-time-purchase option for Office:
“It’s nuts that there’s no “own” option for Adobe stuff.
That said, I use Pr at work, rent it, and the $1 increase is no biggie. But… I will never in a million years cut a personal project in Pr, because someday I might stop renting it and then I no longer have access to my work. Sure, I can rent it for a month to revisit something, but what if years have passed and the app won’t open the project? With Avid (which I own) FCP X (which I own) and others, if I stop paying I’m just frozen in time, not dead in the water.
Honestly, It’s even more insane that anyone rents Photoshop, though I guess you can open PSD’s in pretty much anything these days…
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[Charlie Austin] “I guess you can open PSD’s in pretty much anything these days…
“Well, not and maintain compatibility with all the newest features from the last few years. Also some apps flatten/rasterize layer effects, as well.
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