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| A good idea, Jim, but I'm not thinking Adobe is that magnanimous. The fact is there is a huge user base that is not likely to switch to an alternative (which would be what?) unless the price becomes outrageous. What would be Adobe's incentive to implement tiered bundles/pricing? Robert W. Walker WalkerSound Walker/Fitzgibbon TV & Film Los Angeles CA USA > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AE] CC subscription price increase > From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> > Date: Sat, May 17, 2014 2:35 pm > To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> > > > I wasn't aware of that, Todd. I didn't pay attention to what others were paying. Perhaps I got a special rate for being a long term customer. > > Anyway… as I said, it's not outrageous at $600/year for all those apps, even though that's about twice what I was used to paying to stay current with Production Premium CS. > > I'm also paying for a lot of apps that I don't use. That's like my health insurance going up to cover people who use services I don't. I'm sure not going to start building web sites just because the software to do it is available in my bundle. > > If it's not unrealistic, I'd rather Adobe offered tiered services, and had a bundle like Production Premium at a lesser rate. Or, some sort of pro-rata pricing that's based on the software I use on a regular basis. I just counted 14 apps I don't think I'll ever use. > > > > > On May 17, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com> wrote: > > > Jim, the $29.99/month was an introductory rate for the first year for some > > folks, apparently including you. $49.99/month has always been the regular > > price for an annual commitment. > > > > There is no price increase. > > > > > > On 17/05/2014 10:04, "Jim Curtis" <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote: > > > >> I knew the first year was an introductory rate, but I got notice today my > >> monthly rate was going to increase to $49.99/mo. from $29.99. > >> > >> That's a pretty steep hike. I was expecting more along the lines of > >> $39.99, maybe without good reasons for it. > >> > >> So, this puts the annual rate at $600. I was used to paying that every > >> other year as an upgrade to the Production Premium bundle. > >> > >> I still don't think that's an outrageous price, and it's deductible to > >> me, but I think this plays into some fears that some people had when > >> Adobe announced their subscription model. After all, you can still buy a > >> permanent license of Motion, Compressor and FCP for $400, and upgrades > >> are included. > >> > >> What do you think? > >> > >> > >> > >> . > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
