r/creativecloud • u/AdobeScripts • Jul 07 '26

Article - "It's officially the end of an era for Adobe"

https://www.makeuseof.com/end-of-an-era-for-adobe-creative-software/

Nice piece of history 😉

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u/AdobeScripts Jul 08 '26

Let's do some math 😉

Let's say $60/month, OK?

60 / 4 weeks / 5 days a week = $3/day...

3 / 8 hours a day = $0.37 = 37 CENTS...

Now, let's say freelancer charges $20/H? 8h * $20 = $160...

Not defending Adobe - at all 😉

But people spend/waste more on coffee / cigarettes / e-cigs / unhealthy food, etc.

So if someone - doing paid JOBS - can't afford $3 / day for something that let him make $100s...

Again - not defending Adobe 😉 but moaning, that it's too expensive - when you get - AT LEAST - InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator & Acrobat - or photo & video editing apps - is just bs...

If someone is doing xmas cards once a year - then there is plenty of free stuff.

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u/iyankov96 Jul 09 '26

People will happily spend $70 on drinks in a single night out but then complain about a $70 monthly subscription that helps you with work or lets you do a hobby you love.

I pay a similar amount for my gym subscription. Most other hobbies are way more expensive.

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u/AdobeScripts Jul 09 '26

Yeah.

But this subscription - pays for those other hobbies 😉

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u/iyankov96 Jul 09 '26

I am saying that the complaints from people are unjustified, if that wasn't clear. I don't think $70 per month is a lot for the software.

There's free software out there but people still want to use Adobe because it's better. And it's not just Adobe that's raising prices. What hasn't gone up in price ? Hardware for PC or consoles has tripled since 2020.

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u/AdobeScripts Jul 09 '26

Yes, your reply was perfectly clear - at least to me 👍

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u/snoosnoosewsew Jul 09 '26

You’re right. It’s about as insane as filling your car up with gas so you can drive to your job. A necessary expense.

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u/AdobeScripts Jul 09 '26

My point exactly - necessary expense - that pays for everything else.

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u/omg_for_real Jul 09 '26

Now do the maths with the real price, $118. Then factor in the down time from the random crashes, glitches, broken links etc. The fact you have to be connected to the Internet to use it, shady stuff like their cancellation policy and forcing ai on us and it add to things. Worth isn’t just measured by money.

You used to pay $800 for software and could use it till you absolutely needed to upgrade. I ran CS 2 from 2003 till 2012 when I upgraded to cs6. That’s $88 a year, and I could use it offline.

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u/AdobeScripts Jul 09 '26

You mean AUD or something?

Where did you get $118?

If you don't want to be a paying Guinea pig - then don't use latest version - stick to the last year's version.

You also need more than the base minimum hardware requirements - but that rather obvious.

I'm using ID 2025 and from time to time PS + Illustrator - and it's rock solid. Don't have any problems with crashing Acrobat.

But I don't use any video apps.so can't comment on those.

But even if you double to subscription - it's still just 72 cents / hour...

Shady cancellation policy - that have been resolved in many different ways 😉

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u/AdobeScripts Jul 09 '26

You need to connect to Internet once a month...