creativetta wrote:
Typically a real professional in a business making money projects their future spending and outlook. After reading what you said here, I think you'll fit in real good over at Adobe, perhaps you should work for them if you don't already.
Awesome! You think so? Think they would hire me? Suhweet.
Naw, I don't work for them in fact they work for me. I pay them to develop the tools I use and I give them feed back on what I like and don't and they sometimes pay attention and make a change here or there.
I did calculate the cost to 4 years out and figured in retooling and updates before paying.
I also pay other companyies for their tools as well and I use open source software and have contributed code and money to the ones I like. I also have paid programmers to custom build software for me.
I don't just use Adobe products and am not "tied" or "locked in" to their tools. I can switch in a minute to something else. I typically use 3 or four software during a design and backend layout. Typically at least one is an Adobe product.
I am not a corporate client or have 50 employees. I am a freelancer and also a developer and product creator. I outsource work to others as I need or want and it is quite possible at some point I either have paid you to work on something or in the future may either directly or via an employer you work for. OR maybe not, I don't know.
I am not a stooge though which is what some here think. I just like some of Adobe's products and I use them in my work and in hobbies and just to screw around also. The point is I use the products.
The cost of master collection for me is between 2500 and over 3k. That is somewhere around 3 to 4 years of Creative Coud. I am not sure the exact price for MC because it is different price depending on where you get it and with or in my case without discount.
The main arguement with the Subscription I completely agree with. In my own personal situation and my own calculations paying 50.00 a month it is worth it. For others probably not.
I get those feedback polls and I tell them exactly what I think about the service and the forced gun to the head subscription and higher subscription to not be forced into a year contract BUT I still use their software and the current retail cost of CC is worth it to me personally. If it wasn't I wouldn't pay it and just switch to one of the other software I am using already.
Other than that I can't really debate further on this as it is more a bias and anti thing beyond that.
When it is not worth it at which some point it will be, I will cancel my subscription probably around the time I stop actively developing the way I am and stop using the tools.
I don't really have anything more to contribute to this topic and I spent a lot of time here already. I am self-employed and have the time when not working to debate and talk here but this discussion for me is old and there isn't anything further I can contribute. I am not going to start calling people names or disregard anyone and that is my only option left here so I am outta here.
Thanks to all for the dsicussion.