Right about the upgrades, and the article even mentions that users will often skip an upgrade. However, there is a point where upgrading will be necessary because over time the new features will be compelling enough to upgrade. The last version of Photoshop I bought was version 2 I think. Anyway, I am using the latest version and I had to buy a book to catch up on all the new features, and they are pretty nice.
Regarding how much non us customers will have to pay, I can't say and I agree that it isn't fair that you have to pay more. everyone should have access to software at a reasonable price. On May 9, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now look at how this plays out for people OUTSIDE the united States. > > Already many cannot even get digital products from the Adobe webstore, it > won't allow them to make a purchase. > > Then, the products cost more than double the amount in many territories, > such as Australia where it is cheaper to FLY to the United States, purchase > a boxed copy in the store, and FLY back to Australia. > > With no option for Non US customers (the majority of Adobe's customers I'm > sure) to purchase boxed copies, they will be beholden to the predatory and > exploitative pricing from Adobe. > I am certain and I would bet money that Adobe's subscription pricing is > going to be higher outside the United States. And there's no reason for > that, there are ZERO duties to be paid for a digital product. > > This also assumes an upgrade in 3 years. Guess what, many users don't > upgrade. Simply because the new "features" aren't compelling and what they > have works just fine. So for those people it will cost a whole lot more. > > Suddenly they don't have a choice to control their costs anymore, they are > forced to pay a fixed yearly fee. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
