Interesting analysis of the costs of the Creative Cloud vs owning the apps:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57583370-92/how-greedy-is-adobes-creative-cloud-subscription-not-very/?tag=nl.e703&s_cid=e703&ttag=e703 On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:12 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Absolutely! > > +199999999999999 > On May 9, 2013 7:44 PM, "Cameron Childress" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So, who were you talking about when you said at the start of this thread > > that "Suddenly they don't have a choice to control their costs anymore, > > they are > > forced to pay a fixed yearly fee" > > > > Suddenly the consumer cannot control the price? The government? Who are > > you complaining about here who you feel should be allowed to set this > price? > > > > Abode set a price. Consumers have a choice. There is no force. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On May 9, 2013, at 7:34 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > What!? No...no that's not what I said! > > > No one should Fix the prices! The prices shouldn't be fixed, they > should > > be > > > organic and open to influence by the market. > > > You can't have tech companies getting together and saying , "Hey, let's > > all > > > set our prices at $X and forget this competition stuff, let's just > split > > > the market between ourselves." > > > In those situations the consumer loses totally and all semblance of > > > competitive pricing and all the benefits from competition in a > capitalist > > > economy are lost. > > > > > > And if a company unilaterally decides to set its price at something > > > ridiculous, then yes Consumers should have a right and do have a right > to > > > complain. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9 May 2013 19:20, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Soooo you think the government should fix the prices? > > >> > > >> On May 9, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >>> What? No... > > >>> > > >>> There are rules AGAINST price fixing. That is what protects the free > > >> market > > >>> economy. > > >>> So that people cannot get together and agree to set prices for their > > >>> products and remove the factor of competition from the market. > > >>> > > >>> In the Australia example I believe it was Adobe, Microsoft and > another > > >>> company that marked up their products by more than 100% in the > > Australian > > >>> market. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 9 May 2013 18:54, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On May 9, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Vivec wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Price Fixing rules exist to protect consumers and to ensure a well > > >>>>> regulated free market economy. > > >>>> > > >>>> The terms 'price fixing' and 'free market' mean pretty much the > exact > > >>>> opposite things. > > >>>> > > >>>> I really do think this is all about you and I using the same > > vocabulary > > >> to > > >>>> mean totally different things because the first and last parts of > your > > >>>> statement above are completely contradictory. > > >>>> > > >>>> -Cameron > > >>>> > > >>>> ... > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:363488 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
