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Adobe has a monopoly with Photoshop and they basically just raised their prices by going subscription. I don't know a single person who's been happy about it, but they deal with it because there's not really anything they can do about it besides using an older version of Photoshop if they have access.

Not sure why it's surprising at all that they have more revenue. It's not like the people who were using it can just stop using it; it'll take time for an true alternative to come up if there ever will be one.

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I've been happy with it. I'm not sure how I follow it being a price increase. I'm paying $9.99/mo with all updates included. Wasn't CS6 $699 when it was released? I don't understand why people are so outraged that a company wants to make money off of software they created.

The $10/month is a good deal.. but if you want any other app, it's $240/year; or $600/year for the suite.

But (previously) virtually no one upgraded every year. The product was good enough years ago, and the features added were rarely more than minor improvements. People would buy the suite, and then use it for 3-5+ years.

With the new pricing, it's like you're forced to upgrade every 2-3 years.. so it's an accelerated upgrade cycle. And that's why everyone thinks of it as a price increase.

I've been happy with it as well. It allows us to support the full range of Adobe products for occasional Desktop Publishing gigs at a fraction than what it used to be.

No one is outraged because Adobe makes money. That's quite a ridiculous assertion.

What some people want is pay once and be done with it. Ownership vs. Rental. When a consumer can afford to own but is forced into rental, then there's going to be resentment. If Adobe had offered a choice, then the number of complaints would be minuscule.

My work is a perfect example. I paid for InDesign years ago. Since I only use it for very occasional jobs, and semi-occasional hobby stuff, I don't need the constant upgrade cycle. Because I bought it, I don't have the sinking feeling of my wallet being opened every time I decide to start a new personal project.

Exactly. It wouldn't surprise me if the growth in revenue was just more of the remaining holdouts from CS6 (and earlier) finally agreeing to the price increase (by upgrading).

CS6 (the last version you could purchase) is nearly 4 years old now. I didn't upgrade from CS3 (or 4?) until last year.

How it is the $9.99/month a price increase?

9.99 is only if you just need that one app. For the average business customer they will be paying 49.99/month per user.

There is also a $9.99 photographers plan which includes only Photoshop and Lightroom

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