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From: adam mercado <adam@influxx.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] CC subscription price increase
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:37:40 -0700
To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

This discussion has been very useful. It has validated my decision =20
made months ago. I drew aline in the sand and I am halting at CS6 =20
until CC goes away. If it doesnt, then I'm on CS6 for the rest of my =20
career. Hopefully there will be enough blowback to force Adobe's =20
hand, if not now then over time. I dont honestly expect it will though.

Adobe claims (at least I recall reading words to that effect) to be a =20=

'customer focused' company. I wonder how many customers were =20
clamouring for a CC model (over features or speed improvements) for =20
CC to be justified as a 'customer focused' move.


Adam Mercado


On May 19, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Brendan Bolles wrote:

> On May 17, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Jim Curtis wrote:
>
>> Anyway=85 as I said, it's not outrageous at $600/year for all those =20=

>> apps, even though that's about twice what I was used to paying to =20
>> stay current with Production Premium CS.
>>
>> I'm also paying for a lot of apps that I don't use.  That's like =20
>> my health insurance going up to cover people who use services I =20
>> don't.  I'm sure not going to start building web sites just =20
>> because the software to do it is available in my bundle.
>
>
> I don't necessarily think of it as paying for apps you don't use so =20=

> much as Adobe throwing those apps in to make Creative Cloud seem =20
> more attractive.  If you were never going to pay for an app, =20
> doesn't cost them anything to give it to you for free.
>
> The key figure is that you now pay twice as much as before to stay =20
> current.  I bet that's true for the vast majority of Creative Suite =20=

> users.  That's a pretty steep price hike.
>
> Really what has happened here is new users used to pay a lot more =20
> to get in the door, and existing users paid less for upgrades.  =20
> Made sense because a new user just got thousands of features while =20
> an upgrade has maybe a hundred.  But everyone pays the same now, so =20=

> new users are getting a much better deal and veterans are picking =20
> up the slack.
>
> The important question is: are we better served by this model?  =20
> Does it mean that Adobe gets to focus more on keeping existing =20
> users happy, or does it mean that Adobe can sit back and get lazy =20
> because we keep paying them even if they don't add anything we want?
>
>
> Brendan
>
>
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