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Adobe and America go from an ownership to a rental economy
On Tue, 7 May 2013 18:14:19 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote: Adobe is going to put its software in the Cloud and charge you a user fee to "rent" its use. This is like movies and music which are going in a similar direction. Problem is, it makes these things subject to the whims of companies, prevailing politics and morality. The companies decide they don't like something about it, or politicians decide it offends the general public, they pull it. This applies more to movies and music than to Adobe's software, but you never know what institutions and people will do with things that are not physically in your possession. Lastly, you also become victim of the service provider, service speed, etc., because all the use of the software is now cloud-based. This move is insulting, and I won't go along. When CS6 no longer suffices, I'll move to another product. **** Adobe. |
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On 5/8/2013 1:50 PM, Bowser wrote:
On Tue, 7 May 2013 18:14:19 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote: Adobe is going to put its software in the Cloud and charge you a user fee to "rent" its use. This is like movies and music which are going in a similar direction. Problem is, it makes these things subject to the whims of companies, prevailing politics and morality. The companies decide they don't like something about it, or politicians decide it offends the general public, they pull it. This applies more to movies and music than to Adobe's software, but you never know what institutions and people will do with things that are not physically in your possession. Lastly, you also become victim of the service provider, service speed, etc., because all the use of the software is now cloud-based. This move is insulting, and I won't go along. When CS6 no longer suffices, I'll move to another product. **** Adobe. I would not get too excited about a rumor posted as "fact," by Rich. As I said earlier, while Adobe is exploring the idea, it's far from a done deal. While I do not defend avarice by any entity, I think that PS is one of the most pirated software, and Adobe has a right to protect itself from theft. -- PeterN |
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In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: This move is insulting, and I won't go along. When CS6 no longer suffices, I'll move to another product. **** Adobe. Agreed. Their stuff has become overpriced and underperforming for the last seven years or so. **** em', indeed! I won't argue with "overpriced", but the counter to that argument is the one nospam trots out defending Apple's high prices: the "specs" include more than the lower priced comparable programs. their prices are competitive with similar products. if you consider macs to have high prices, then similar pcs also have high prices. the reason a $200 computer costs $200 is because it has lesser specs than a $500 computer, which has lesser specs than a $1000 computer. this should be obvious but apparently not. The only area where PS CS is overpriced in comparison with what a comparable featured program offers is when you consider Elements as a competitor. elements doesn't do as much, that's why it costs less. that doesn't make the full photoshop overpriced. pros can *easily* justify its price. if someone doesn't need the functionality of the full photoshop, then they should buy elements instead. that's why there are two products. The full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user, but that's not the same as being "overpriced" for what it delivers. Again, that's the Mac argument: Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced". more mac bashing, in a thread that has nothing to do with macs. I do argue with "underperforming". What performance issues does CS have? What won't it do that it should do based on what is claimed? The underperformer is usually the user, not the program. that part is true. |
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| I would not get too excited about a rumor posted as "fact," by Rich. As
| I said earlier, while Adobe is exploring the idea, it's far from a done | deal. It sounds like a definitive done deal in the news I've seen: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-575...cription-only/ |
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On Wed, 08 May 2013 18:08:55 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Tony Cooper wrote: This move is insulting, and I won't go along. When CS6 no longer suffices, I'll move to another product. **** Adobe. Agreed. Their stuff has become overpriced and underperforming for the last seven years or so. **** em', indeed! I won't argue with "overpriced", but the counter to that argument is the one nospam trots out defending Apple's high prices: the "specs" include more than the lower priced comparable programs. their prices are competitive with similar products. if you consider macs to have high prices, then similar pcs also have high prices. the reason a $200 computer costs $200 is because it has lesser specs than a $500 computer, which has lesser specs than a $1000 computer. this should be obvious but apparently not. That's true to a point but not entirely so. Sale price is related to cost only when the goods concerned have reached the stage of being a commodity. Apple has succeeded in creating a brand where it is not just the underlying hardware which is being sold but the image of Apple as well. Apple has striven to be an innovative and technical leader which helps lift it out of being a mere commodity but generally it is only a few months ahead of the mob. Nevertheless Apple is able to take advantage of its small lead to charge more than a bare commercial margin for its products. The only area where PS CS is overpriced in comparison with what a comparable featured program offers is when you consider Elements as a competitor. elements doesn't do as much, that's why it costs less. that doesn't make the full photoshop overpriced. pros can *easily* justify its price. if someone doesn't need the functionality of the full photoshop, then they should buy elements instead. that's why there are two products. The full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user, but that's not the same as being "overpriced" for what it delivers. Again, that's the Mac argument: Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced". more mac bashing, in a thread that has nothing to do with macs. "Mac bashing"? I thought he was supporting the Mac position. I do argue with "underperforming". What performance issues does CS have? What won't it do that it should do based on what is claimed? The underperformer is usually the user, not the program. that part is true. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: The only area where PS CS is overpriced in comparison with what a comparable featured program offers is when you consider Elements as a competitor. elements doesn't do as much, that's why it costs less. That doesn't wash. I've got CS6 and Elements 9. There is damn little that Elements won't do that CS6 does. CS versions are very overpriced when you consider a comparison of features delivered. there's actually quite a bit, but what matters is that one does more than the other. I use CS6 99% of the time, but only because I'm comfortable with program having started out in earlier PS versions. (I bought E9 only to share it with my daughter and teach her.) that doesn't make the full photoshop overpriced. pros can *easily* justify its price. if someone doesn't need the functionality of the full photoshop, then they should buy elements instead. that's why there are two products. You do realize how stupid that sounds? nothing stupid about it. why pay for features you don't need? if elements does all you need then buy elements. if it doesn't, then buy cs or another product that better matches your needs. First you say you can easily justify the price, then you say you should buy Elements if you don't need the full functionality of PS. The need of the full functionality is the *only* justification. you need to learn how to read. i said *pros* can justify the price because it has features they need or want. it will probably pay for itself fairly quickly. non-pros don't generally need the additional features, so why should they pay for features they won't use? in the event they do, they can get cs or maybe something else entirely. Very few people need the full functionality unless they are using it for business applications and need something like working in CMYK color. Certain features, like Layers, have been available only in the full version but later added to Elements. Content Aware Fill will probably go over to Elements eventually. exactly. The full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user, but that's not the same as being "overpriced" for what it delivers. Again, that's the Mac argument: Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced". more mac bashing, in a thread that has nothing to do with macs. How is that bashing? It's simple fact. If you don't need the specs that Macs include, the price is too high to buy one. if you are going to say the price of a $1000 mac is too high, then a $1000 pc is also too high. but you didn't. it's always macs are too expensive but similar pcs which cost the same are not. in fact, they're never mentioned. that's why it's bashing. |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: This move is insulting, and I won't go along. When CS6 no longer suffices, I'll move to another product. **** Adobe. Agreed. Their stuff has become overpriced and underperforming for the last seven years or so. **** em', indeed! I won't argue with "overpriced", but the counter to that argument is the one nospam trots out defending Apple's high prices: the "specs" include more than the lower priced comparable programs. their prices are competitive with similar products. if you consider macs to have high prices, then similar pcs also have high prices. the reason a $200 computer costs $200 is because it has lesser specs than a $500 computer, which has lesser specs than a $1000 computer. this should be obvious but apparently not. That's true to a point but not entirely so. Sale price is related to cost only when the goods concerned have reached the stage of being a commodity. Apple has succeeded in creating a brand where it is not just the underlying hardware which is being sold but the image of Apple as well. Apple has striven to be an innovative and technical leader which helps lift it out of being a mere commodity but generally it is only a few months ahead of the mob. Nevertheless Apple is able to take advantage of its small lead to charge more than a bare commercial margin for its products. apple does not charge more. macs and pcs with similar specs cost about the same. if there's a price difference, it's because of different specs, not the logo. also, apple is ahead by far more than a few months. it took google about 3 years to switch gears and catch up with the iphone (it was originally targeting blackberry). microsoft ditched windows mobile, which was very popular at the time, and began working on their iphone competitor, aka windows phone. it still hasn't quite caught up but it's getting there. it was only last year that a viable competitor to the ipad appeared, some two years after the original ipad came out. The full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user, but that's not the same as being "overpriced" for what it delivers. Again, that's the Mac argument: Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced". more mac bashing, in a thread that has nothing to do with macs. "Mac bashing"? I thought he was supporting the Mac position. he only mentions macs being too expensive. similar spec pcs are just as expensive but he neglects to mention that. |
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On Thu, 09 May 2013 02:28:25 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: This move is insulting, and I won't go along. When CS6 no longer suffices, I'll move to another product. **** Adobe. Agreed. Their stuff has become overpriced and underperforming for the last seven years or so. **** em', indeed! I won't argue with "overpriced", but the counter to that argument is the one nospam trots out defending Apple's high prices: the "specs" include more than the lower priced comparable programs. their prices are competitive with similar products. if you consider macs to have high prices, then similar pcs also have high prices. the reason a $200 computer costs $200 is because it has lesser specs than a $500 computer, which has lesser specs than a $1000 computer. this should be obvious but apparently not. That's true to a point but not entirely so. Sale price is related to cost only when the goods concerned have reached the stage of being a commodity. Apple has succeeded in creating a brand where it is not just the underlying hardware which is being sold but the image of Apple as well. Apple has striven to be an innovative and technical leader which helps lift it out of being a mere commodity but generally it is only a few months ahead of the mob. Nevertheless Apple is able to take advantage of its small lead to charge more than a bare commercial margin for its products. apple does not charge more. macs and pcs with similar specs cost about the same. if there's a price difference, it's because of different specs, not the logo. also, apple is ahead by far more than a few months. it took google about 3 years to switch gears and catch up with the iphone (it was originally targeting blackberry). microsoft ditched windows mobile, which was very popular at the time, and began working on their iphone competitor, aka windows phone. it still hasn't quite caught up but it's getting there. it was only last year that a viable competitor to the ipad appeared, some two years after the original ipad came out. You quote Google. What about (for example) Samsung? The full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user, but that's not the same as being "overpriced" for what it delivers. Again, that's the Mac argument: Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced". more mac bashing, in a thread that has nothing to do with macs. "Mac bashing"? I thought he was supporting the Mac position. he only mentions macs being too expensive. similar spec pcs are just as expensive but he neglects to mention that. He doesn't just 'mention Macs as being too expensive'. He wrote: The full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user, but that's not the same as being "overpriced" for what it delivers. Again, that's the Mac argument: Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced". He wrote the "full version is priced too high for the casual non-professional user" but went on to say " but that's not the same as being "overpriced"'. How can you interpret that as saying "Macs as being too expensive"? How can you interpret that as saying "Macs as being too expensive" when he goes on to write ' Macs are priced too high to attract the user that doesn't need all those specs. That, as nospam preaches, doesn't mean they are "overpriced".'? You seem to have been so entrenched in argument mode that you don't even notice when he is in agreement with you. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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