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apple did improve the speed in later versions but customers voted with
their wallets and aperture ultimately was canceled.
Apple originally asked $500, while Adobe started at $300. Sure, Apple
later cut their price...but so too did Adobe.
aperture later dropped to $199 while lightroom remained at $299, then
apple cut the price to $79 when it was on the app store, forcing adobe
to slash lightroom's price to $150.
Kindly put dates to those.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_(software)#Version_history
1.5 September 29, 2006...Price dropped from $499 to $299.
2.0 February 12, 2008...Reduced price to $199 in the US.
3.1.1 January 6, 2011...with a price drop to $79.99.
https://www.macworld.com/article/116...oshop_lightroo
m_4_and_cuts_price_in_half.html
MAR 5, 2012 9:01 PM PT
But perhaps the biggest news is that Adobe has permanently cut the
price of Lightroom in half. Version 4 is priced at $149, as opposed
to the $299 shipping price of version 3.
v.3 was also discounted, it just wasn't permanent:
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3134014
Lightroom was the better product and could justify the higher price.
And that was because Apple couldnąt write as good of software..why?
because photo editing software is not their strength. other companies
do a better job. no company does everything well.
It? utterly shocking that discerning customers chose cheaper AND better
over just having an Apple logo.
not at all. people don't buy for the apple logo and lightroom cost *more*.
Nope. Apple slashed the price on an inferior *and* unmaintained software
product and savvy customers saw through their bull****.
it was maintained, but its destiny was set early on.
And this pattern is par for Apple, unfortunately: whenever their products
have to compete on actual merit and price instead of the prestige of the
logo...they lose.
also wrong. apple competes on functionality, just like every other company.
Mac Pro.
mistake. nobody's perfect.
iphone, apple watch, ipad, airpods, imac pro and many other products
compete on both functionality and price, some of which are well ahead
of any competition at any price.