It starts after Jan 15, so you will probably receive your email from Adobe around Jan 1-2.
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Adobe changing payment options for $10/month photography plan
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Oh, I have no illusion that Adobe is going to make subscribing at that price any easier. But they have maintained since the subscription version came out that they would honor the $10/month price. We all knew it wouldn't really be forever. But now the language is "until you cancel." Now, maybe next year they make us pay for 2-3 years upfront to make it less palatable. But I don't think there will be a price increase next year.I hope you're right! Just assuming the worst, that the price of all their plans will go up during the next year and we'll only get the grandfathered price until our current subscription ends. But we shall see.
Thanks for the heads up on this.
I'm on pay monthly, primarily because I seem to hop around plans some(I sometimes end up needing Acrobat Pro for work stuff and, well, work won't buy it...) but had settled on this plan a while back.
Looks like I'll need to drop the cash for a year on it.
And no, I'm not an Adobe fan either, but I'm deep enough into Lightroom both in terms of catalogs and in terms of knowing how to do what I need to do...
I'm on pay monthly, primarily because I seem to hop around plans some(I sometimes end up needing Acrobat Pro for work stuff and, well, work won't buy it...) but had settled on this plan a while back.
Looks like I'll need to drop the cash for a year on it.
And no, I'm not an Adobe fan either, but I'm deep enough into Lightroom both in terms of catalogs and in terms of knowing how to do what I need to do...
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I bought Affinity Photo and an attempt to ‘simply switch’ away from Photoshop did…not go well. Photoshop is transparent to me, except when they move tools around for the sake of changing something. I’ll end up paying €15+VAT, most probably, because that extra €6-ish per month much more than offsets the cost of me spending countless hours learning a completely new interface. They got me. :/
As with any Adobe costs thread, it really comes down to use-case and perspective.
I have a small photography business and, for me, £10 a month for Photoshop, Lightroom, all the fonts I want and other extras is well worth the cost when I know they’re consistently updated.
Everyone’s mileage may vary.
I have a small photography business and, for me, £10 a month for Photoshop, Lightroom, all the fonts I want and other extras is well worth the cost when I know they’re consistently updated.
Everyone’s mileage may vary.
I received the email. I just reread it. Says absolutely nothing about changes. The only dollar amount mentioned is $9.99/month. This is why people revile Adobe, they are ethically challenged and treat customers like *hit. The word slimy comes to mind when I think Adobe.
Received 11/12, 30 days before renewal, reads word for word just like the 2021 renewal notice. No mention of any changes. Haven't received any emails from Adobe since. So I read an errant thread on a site that has zero affiliation with Adobe, to find out I’m getting a 50% increase in price. Gee, folks don’t think highly of Adobe, wonder of wonders.
| Your renewal notice | ||
| Your annual subscription will renew automatically on 12-December-2022 (PT). The renewal details are outlined below. | ||
| You will be charged US $9.99 (plus tax) monthly. At the end of your one-year term, your subscription will automatically renew monthly until you cancel (price subject to change). No annual commitment required after the first year. Cancel anytime via Adobe Account or Customer Support. | ||
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I *think* this means your plan will be renewed for $9.99 a month for another year because your actual renewal date falls just before 15/1. I think. So, hopefully, lucky you!
I’ll find out in October…
Every year they tell me that prices will increase. When trying to cancel my subscription, on the last page before confirming there is always an offer much cheaper than the current one. Try it, you might get some good deals.
I went from 55€/month to 30€/month for the whole suit, no annual payment.
I went from 55€/month to 30€/month for the whole suit, no annual payment.
I owned/used/upgraded Adobe's very expensive Design Collection for years and routinely evangelized Photoshop to others. Then Macromedia and Adobe merged and the corporate culture changed. The way new merged Adobe chose to treat intellectual property under forced subscription-model pricing is IMO egregiously unacceptable.I know Adobe is often reviled, but I can't be the only one here still using it. Monthly subscribers to the $10/month photography plan need to be aware of pricing changes coming soon.
If you wish to continue paying monthly, the price will go to $15/month. However, if you pay annually, it will still be effectively $10/month but you will pay once a year at $119.88. If any of you pay monthly, you should log in to see when your next payment is and switch to to annual before then (if a lump sum payment works for you) to save $60/year.
Creative Cloud Photography (20GB) pricing changes | Common questions
Creative Cloud Photography (20GB) pricing changes | Common questionshelpx.adobe.com
Today I buy and use other products, primarily those from Affinity and from Apple. Unfortunately Apple proved itself unreliable when it dropped Aperture after so many of us had developed critical professional workflows based on Aperture (Aperture was essentially bombproof, but Photos still remains as flaky as can be).
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^I also (still) miss Aperture; not so much for the file renderings -- which were good, but other programs handle RAWs well too -- as for the DAM. It really worked for me, and I especially liked how it handled gps coordinates: "pins" on a map gave me a better sense of photo density than other programs I've seen.
OT: there's a good write-up of all the changes in Adobe's subscriptions as Petapixel.
OT: there's a good write-up of all the changes in Adobe's subscriptions as Petapixel.
I think that e-mail is consistent with the Adobe cost increase. As the FAQ said, the new rates don't go into effect until Jan 15, 2025. Your plan will renew this December, so there isn't any change. According to the policy they have posted, you'll receive an e-mail with the new rates 30 days before your plan expires next December.
As Boyd said above, you aren't getting a 50% increase at this time; the contract that is affected won't start until NEXT December, after January 15, 2025, since you just renewed a few days ago, which is obviously before Jan 15, when the new pricing structure takes effect. As as the current policy states for 2025, you will only see a 50% increase if you pay monthly. If you switch to an annual payment, you will see no price increase at all.Received 11/12, 30 days before renewal, reads word for word just like the 2021 renewal notice. No mention of any changes. Haven't received any emails from Adobe since. So I read an errant thread on a site that has zero affiliation with Adobe, to find out I’m getting a 50% increase in price. Gee, folks don’t think highly of Adobe, wonder of wonders.
Your renewal notice Your annual subscription will renew automatically on 12-December-2022 (PT). The renewal details are outlined below. You will be charged US $9.99 (plus tax) monthly. At the end of your one-year term, your subscription will automatically renew monthly until you cancel (price subject to change). No annual commitment required after the first year. Cancel anytime via Adobe Account or Customer Support.
If you have any questions, we’re here for you. Contact Adobe Customer Support to chat with a representative. Or to manage your subscription, visit your Adobe Account page.
Here’s a quick look at your renewal details: Subscription Photography plan (20GB) Payment US $9.99/month plus Tax/VAT
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Good for you. Some of us stil prefer Adobe. Both are valid options.
Certainly the convenience and the quality products force many into Adobe-only. If my work still involved ads, layers and art directors I would probably be forced to pay Adobe every month for their suite of apps.
My workflow now allows me to not have Adobe hijack my layers unless I keep paying them forever. After living Adobe for more than a decade I now happily pay Affinity for their suite of apps.
I still find Adobe easier to use because I used it for so long. I moved away for what I considered ethical reasons [specifically, Adobe hijacking access to layers in my own artwork if the Adobe subscription lapses]. I still might move to LR, but it would not surprise me to see Adobe find a similar way to hijack my work as they did with CS. Perhaps LR already does so, I do not know.
Note that I spent $thousands on Adobe and did not object until they required subscription payments forever just to access one's own work. My complaint does not in any way revolve around cost it revolves around the hijacking.
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If they would let you pay per # of apps and pick the apps you want, instead of picking them for you, I might actually spend $ for two apps to get Lightroom and Premiere. But until then, I'm not sending them 4x the $ for apps I don't need or want.
I hope you’ll be able to switch to the yearly payment without having to choose not to extend, and then – “surprise, this plan is no longer available!”
It's pretty cheap for hobby use as well. I know people who drink an Adobe subscription in about an hour
The problem is not the cost. Heck, if it was good tequila I could drink a month of Adobe in about 5 seconds. The problem is that if you build a big layered file you can only ever fully access that file [your work] by maintaining the Adobe subscription forever.It's pretty cheap for hobby use as well. I know people who drink an Adobe subscription in about an hour
That is just wrong, hidden in Adobe's cutesy "only $10 per month."
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