Photoshop CS6 is half price !!

s452 said:
people who pirate their software?
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I still think the price of it is ridiculous.

The company I work for has very roughly 250 Adobe Acrobat X Licenses at £333 a piece, so approx: £83k - And we don't even use Adobe products all that much!!

Look at design companies, media companies, all the sorts that spend hundreds of thousands or even millions in the UK alone with Adobe...Yet PS is still £600 odd? They charge that much because they can and people will pay it.

They should offer two license types in my opinion:

Commerical - full whack, because it's budgeted for businesses who can afford it as its part of their yearly true-up.

Public/Non Trade - IE Home users who want to stay legal but aren't doing anything commercial on the scale of the above.

The software is the same between them, but I bet if they did that they wouldn't lose much money but would massively reduce the amount of pirated copies floating about, which in turn would give them a higher user base, making more money.

But then again, I'm not the head of Marketing for Adobe....so what do I know? :D - I know that if they offered a License fee for £50 that I'd go legal for the sake of £50 :)
 
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Phate said:
I still think the price of it is ridiculous.

The company I work for has very roughly 250 Adobe Acrobat X Licenses at £333 a piece, so approx: £83k - And we don't even use Adobe products all that much!!

Look at design companies, media companies, all the sorts that spend hundreds of thousands in the UK alone with Adobe...Yet PS is still £600 odd? They charge that much because they can and people will pay it.

They should offer two license types in my opinion:

Commerical - full whack, because it's budgeted for businesses who can afford it as its part of their yearly true-up.

Public/Non Trade - IE Home users who want to stay legal but aren't doing anything commercial on the scale of the above.

The software is the same between them, but I bet if they did that they wouldn't lose much money but would massively reduce the amount of pirated copies floating about, which in turn would give them a higher user base, making more money.

But then again, I'm not the head of Marketing for Adobe....so what do I know? :D - I know that if they offered a License fee for £50 that I'd go legal for the sake of £50 :)
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This exactly :)

Even if they have a severely reduced price for early adopters like MS did with W7 and hopefully W8 that would still be OK.
 
the only time adobe will do discounts is for students but you got to get throught a school or higher education (college/university) in order to get it. so if you a teacher or student you can get it at a discount.
 
Phate said:
But then again, I'm not the head of Marketing for Adobe....so what do I know? :D - I know that if they offered a License fee for £50 that I'd go legal for the sake of £50 :)
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Yep, I don't use their product as I cannot justify the cost. They should have followed the W7 model and turned 99% of photographers from pirates to payers. I literally have never met a single person who has a legit copy of any CS. Including photography groups I attend and the pro's at the groups.

I can't see why they don't either follow the W7 method or sell a version without bridge etc etc and just photoshop. Not a stripped down version like elements for photographers but full PS none of the other add ons in the collection.

In all honesty if it was £70-90 I'd pay it.
 
I know one person who went fully legit a couple of years ago and he winced at the price of the new Lightroom etc, hasn't upgraded.

Hes a professional photographer but can't justify it.

If it was £100 as he isn't a huge commercial user...he would've snapped it up.

Anyone got contact info for someone at Adobe HQ? Lets send them this thread!
 
I think Adobe welcomes piracy.
It helps ensure no other software maker will be able to compete with them. Newcomers can't undercut 'free'.

Customers/businesses who have the budget and can't risk not being legit, will pay the big bucks.
 
Phate said:
I know one person who went fully legit a couple of years ago and he winced at the price of the new Lightroom etc, hasn't upgraded.

Hes a professional photographer but can't justify it.

If it was £100 as he isn't a huge commercial user...he would've snapped it up.

Anyone got contact info for someone at Adobe HQ? Lets send them this thread!
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But the new Lightroom is only around £100?
 
Adobe CS prices for home casual users can't be justified.

People who can afford it, tend to purchase it, hence the price tag. Adobe seem to know that home users are not going to pay for it and hence why they don't work hard on their DRM!

I've found it very hard to justify upgrading LR 3 to LR 4 (in fact I haven't..)! LR3 does the job :p
 
Yeah I didn't bother with lr4 even though it's a decent price after all the reports of how sluggish it is. I'd rather lose a few features and have a snappy interface rather than the terrible reported lag when making changes.
 
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