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tonyespofoto wrote:
I would like to point out that while a program is in its infancy, there is a lot of space for large improvements in features, speed, ease of use, etc, etc. Once a program reaches a certain level of maturity (which Photoshop did quite some time ago), there are no great leaps to be made. They have all already been made. So, even at $10.00/month, its not such a bargain anymore. OTOH, as a professional with a lot of work to do, can you really afford the time to take on a giant? Not to mention the fact that any substitute software is just another Adobe in the making. Yes, we all yearn for the old days of Photoshop 2 or 3, when we were a small community, all in it together, on the frontier of digital imaging, but those days are past. We are where we are, like it or not. Look at the bright side - we will soon pass the unimaginable (15 years ago) barrier of 100 Megapixels in a device no larger than a 35mm film camera that costs no more than a Hasselblad of yesteryear, yet exceeds its imaging potential by several orders of magnitude. You can bemoan the politics all you like, but the unalterable fact is that we are in a golden age of imaging. ...Show more →
I agree with all of your arguments except for the "So, even at $10.00/month, its not such a bargain anymore". Why? Because take it as a service charge, what does $10 in service charge give you in any field? Not much - and how much does one hour of your own services cost? How much value your own time if it's for hobby? Does that $10 still sound so much like a bad deal? Maybe in a third world country where $10 is half a months wages this is different but in industrialized countries this isn't the case.
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