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Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are getting more expensive (htxt.co.za)
submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Adobe has announced pricing changes to its Creative Cloud subscriptions that will take effect from the middle of next month.
  • It cited “continued innovation” as a reason to overhaul the pricing for its creative software suite.
  • The changes only affect users in the US, Canada, and Mexico for now.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Is it the case that most creatives cancel their subs when they get that job? Does the job have a site license (assuming Adobe even allows site licenses)?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, creative jobs near universally provide licenses to creative cloud. Aside from companies not hiring people without that experience, the amount of saved assets and templates, along with the deep integration between apps makes the prospect of a full “migration” a ridiculously expensive prospect.

The value in these assets is not just in video files or pictures you can easily migrate to another app. It’s the complex scripts and templates that allow creatives to make custom branded content on the fly. Like a lower third that adjusts styling depending on the name you put in, and auto resizes to fit the text, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Is it just me, or does that sound like a monopoly?

Do any creatives attempt to create assets for another platform?

I'm really not blaming creatives on this one. Obviously they need to make money. But this seems like a clear case of advantage being taken against one skillset by virtue of monopoly.

I'd say it seems like the key issue affecting creatives, if AI didn't exist.

As an outsider: how did we get to a point where every creator is limited to one box?