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Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by dormento » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

Wow, RIP the icons I guess :/

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Post by kurishutofu » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

When was the last time Apple made some significant update to its professional desktop apps?

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Post by tjpnz » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

Pages, Numbers and Keynote are the first apps I bin whenever I'm setting up a new Mac. Would people actually pay money for them?

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Post by shmoogy » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

xd1936 wrote: post #7

Is this replacing the one-time purchase of these apps on macOS?

Doesn't sound like it > Alternatively, users can also choose to purchase the Mac versions of Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Logic Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage individually as a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.5

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Post by jpalomaki » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

> Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus new AI features and premium content in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers — come together in a single subscription So Apple is copying Adobe's business model?

Depends on if you are stuck with the subscription for life, or if there's actually a reasonable way to unsubscribe.

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Post by artimaeis » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

xd1936 wrote: post #7

Is this replacing the one-time purchase of these apps on macOS?

No, fta:

> Alternatively, users can also choose to purchase the Mac versions of Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Logic Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage individually as a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.

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Post by al_borland » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

cupofjoakim wrote: post #8

That's great if you need everything. If you need one of them, not so much.

I'm curious how many people actually use all this stuff themselves. It seems like an extreme niche, and more often than not will have people paying for apps they will never use.

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Post by fidotron » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

> These apps will continue receiving updates, with the latest versions adopting the beautiful new visual design language with Liquid Glass on all platforms

Are the Apple people really this oblivious, or is someone in PR trolling us?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

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Post by pjmlp » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

> Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus new AI features and premium content in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers — come together in a single subscription So Apple is copying Adobe's business model?

When there are no more new buyers to sell devices, or new versions of existing software packages, the only way to keep the curve growing for shareholders and MBAs is to sell subscriptions.

It is also the only way to convince developers to pay for software.

Having a part hosted on some server is so much better than whatever anti-piracy schemes one can think of, and provides the continuous growth curve for printing money.

Thus subscriptions aren't going away in the modern software world.