the fact that I could use Premier for $20/month rather than the single time purchase of $800 or whatever it used to be
Or you can buy DaVinci Resolve for $295 and get a lifetime license. And they make a Linux version.
Or you can buy DaVinci Resolve for $295 and get a lifetime license. And they make a Linux version.
I make good money, and so dropping $20 on something for a new hobby is something I do without thinking, but $295 is something I have to consider. And I'm a software developer who makes a decent salary. It's more than 10x the cost. It takes fifteen months before that breaks even.
> And they make a Linux version.
I'm not a Linux user, so this isn't something I particularly care about these days.
Something I didn't talk about in the original post: I did try a few $0 editing programs at first, and I know that DaVinci Resolve stacks up pretty okay here, but one of the main reasons I went with Premire is how easy it is to get help with virtually everything, given how widely it's used. As someone who is at the "I don't even know what I don't know" stage, that's a real advantage. This isn't part of the whole "monthly fee SaaS vs one-time license" aspect of things, but it did factor into my overall decision.