Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite to become subscription-only

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Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite to become subscription-only products

Adobe is making a major move into the cloud. The company has just announced the next version of its flagship digital editing tools, Creative Suite, and for the first time the new products will only be available through the company's online subscription service. Adobe previously offered standalone editions of each product, which users could choose to keep or upgrade as new editions were released, but now the only way to receive major feature updates to the product series will be to remain subscribed to the $49.99 per month service.

The company is giving its application suite a new, but familiar name to emphasize the change: Adobe Creative Cloud will be replacing Creative Suite 6, the version released last year. The product series has been on a yearly release cycle since 2011, and this latest upgrade includes new features for nearly every product in the series, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, all of which now have their name appended with CC, instead of CS.


Full news story at: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/6/4305300/adobe-announces-creative-suite-update-and-rebranding-focus-on-cloud


Thoughts? Although I guess most people on here have illegal versions of it anyway :P

[Kieran]

Omg who owns illegal versions :o Shame on you! Guess if you're making money off it on sites like ThemeForest then $50 a month isn't too bad to get it legally. My template sales would cover that :o

[FlyingJesus]

Considering you only genuinely need the latest and greatest versions if you're a working professional, and such people are happy to pay the premiums for what they get in return, I don't think it'll be that big of a problem for them. There's quite frankly nothing in competition for most of the CS (or CC as it'll be) programs, so if you need something that good you'll have to pay up just like with anything else

[Adam]

I suppose if, as with their old one pay service, you are a professional this will appeal to you.

[HarrySX]

I signed up for Photoshop via Creative Cloud only the other day and it was a pretty seamless experience, surprisingly...

Much cheaper than when I forked out for a suite of CS4 applications a couple years ago as I can go months without requiring Adobe software.

[peteyt]

See its a good idea but also annoys me a little. Sometimes If I was buying a program I'd want to pay a one of fee and be able to use it for good without any recurring fees. It's good having the latest stuff though. I do wonder if this will also make it hard to pirate.

[Chippiewill]

For people who stay up to date anyway then $50 probably works out cheaper.

[David]

https://twitter.com/Photoshop/status/331840375067115522

Photoshop CC may cost less than you think, as low as $9.99 USD/month for a single-app membership: http://adobe.ly/17K3qtx (conditions apply)

[mrwoooooooo]

https://twitter.com/Photoshop/status/331840375067115522

Photoshop CC may cost less than you think, as low as $9.99 USD/month for a single-app membership: http://adobe.ly/17K3qtx (conditions apply)

Cancel at any time for UK is £27 a month, annual commitment costs £17 a month. for photoshop

[Calum0812]

I can see this stopping SOME piracy.
But for professionals, I can see this working out well for them :)