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Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by apercu » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #78

jasongill wrote: post #9

It's $12.99/mo or $129/yr for a subscription that includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, MainStage, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers Educational discount with verification required drops the price to $2.99/mo / $29.99/yr. The regular-price subscription includes family sharing, education price does not. One-time purchase versions remain available: Final Cut Pro ($299.99), Logic Pro ($199.99)…

That's actually a hell of a deal considering I already pay $5 a month just for Logic on the iPad.

I bought Logic maybe 8-9 years ago, and get free upgrades.... If I had paid $5/mo it would already have cost me ~$280.00 more than I paid.

Even if I had to purchase an occasional update (assuming they were reasonably priced), I'd still be coming out ahead.

I hate "renting" software.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by rvz » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

moolcool wrote: post #31

How long until the option to buy-once for this software goes away? I am not a fan of this trend.

You will (soon) own nothing and be happy.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by g947o » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

jasongill wrote: post #9

It's $12.99/mo or $129/yr for a subscription that includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, MainStage, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers Educational discount with verification required drops the price to $2.99/mo / $29.99/yr. The regular-price subscription includes family sharing, education price does not. One-time purchase versions remain available: Final Cut Pro ($299.99), Logic Pro ($199.99)…

I thought they basically gave away Keynote/Pages etc to anyone with an Apple device?

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by Kye » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC

I'm keeping an eye on Graphite (https://graphite.art/) as something to move to from Affinity's stuff, but it's good there's a new option for people who need more.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by igufrcybh » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC

embedding-shape wrote: post #56

joezydeco wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forget that. TikTokers are the revenue stream now.

TikTokers ("influencers" in general) don't do their editing or any part of their "production pipeline" on computers, kids are doing the full thing via smartphones nowadays. Blew my mind initially too, as I always did "serious work" at a computer and never the phone, but seems they're managing it somehow.

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Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by dsego » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #43

In this thread: No one who has even skimmed the article I'll say this loud for the people in the back: YOU CAN STILL BUY IT OUTRIGHT They are still offering one-time purchases, calm down.

But for how long?

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by dsego » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #34

sirwhinesalot wrote: post #24

And here's the ruining of Pixelmator Pro everyone was waiting for. I paid one time 20 euros for it (discounted). And I would gladly pay again even full price for a new major version. I don't want yet another subscription. I see that they can still be bought (for now) but I wonder how long that will last.

One-time purchase versions are still available. For Pixelmator Pro it's $49.99 on the App Store

That's not very reassuring.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by prodigycorp » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

WmWsjA6B29B4nfk wrote: post #63

prodigycorp wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

time to dust off that 20 year old edu email address. with these discounts, college has paid for itself!

If you are planning anyway to break the terms of the license and effectively steal the software, why even bother paying something for the privilege? Just get it for free, surely it has to be available cracked

Spare me the morality play. Apple gifted Donald Trump a 24k gold statue! They will gift me an educational discount to Final Cut Pro.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by fooqux » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

embedding-shape wrote: post #64

jasoneckert wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most important benefits in my opinion are choice and price - people like me who prefer to buy software outright can still do so at a reasonable cost, while others who opt for a subscription can also do so (again, at a reasonable cost).

It's pretty clever that they keep the "pay one time" option still alive while announcing the availability of subscription, so anyone who says "Boo, not you too Apple" can easily be shut down with "You still have the option to buy it!" instead of leaving those critics without answers. Of course, they'll eventually remove the option to buy the software by paying once, I think everyone can see the writing on the wall, b…

> but still clever of them to choose to do it later for PR purposes. 1-0 to Apple :)

They're doing it because it makes them more money. Corporations are not your friend.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by hmbakhsh » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

g947o wrote: post #93

jasongill wrote: post #9

It's $12.99/mo or $129/yr for a subscription that includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, MainStage, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers Educational discount with verification required drops the price to $2.99/mo / $29.99/yr. The regular-price subscription includes family sharing, education price does not. One-time purchase versions remain available: Final Cut Pro ($299.99), Logic Pro ($199.99)…

I thought they basically gave away Keynote/Pages etc to anyone with an Apple device?

Potentially AI slop features coming to both that they'll charge for?