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Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by insane_dreamer »

tjpnz wrote: post #13

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?

I absolutely would. I've used them for years, alongside MS Office on Windows and Libre Office on Linux, and while they lack a few features they're not ones I've ever needed and the UI and ease of use is far superior to Office. Especially Pages is a pleasure to work with compared with Word.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by nialse »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #87
embedding-shape wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Office 365 - the subscription version of Office - was released in 2011. Microsoft still offers a one time purchase of Office. There is precedent for Bigcorp keeping a one time purchase version and offer a prescription.

The one-time purchase version of Microsoft Office is not available worldwide. Where offered, it is reduced to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, with Outlook as a Business edition extra. Individual apps can sometimes be bought separately, but pricing usually makes this impractical. This is to push buyers to Microsoft 365 subscriptions which is the primary product.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by H1Supreme »

Seems like a pretty solid deal, if you need everything. I don't know who that person is though. The intersection between Final Cut Pro and Logic users is pretty small, I'd imagine.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by lysace »

andsoitis wrote: post #83

Innovation! More seriously, the subscription probably comes out cheaper than buying several (even if not all) of the apps that come in the bundle.

Yeah! They were courageous enough to take the step that Microsoft did with the Office suite (announced 1988, launched 1990) and with Microsoft 365 as subscription in 2011.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by no_wizard »

lemonlime227 wrote: post #59

The individual one time purchase versions are still available for all the apps. Final Cut, Logic, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage are offered in a bundle for education by Apple as a $199.99 one time purchase (no education status is verified) [1]. Pixelmator Pro is available as a one time purchase as well for $49.99 [2]. Not included in the Creator Studio is the Lightroom alternative Photomator, which is available a…

The inclusion of Pixelmator Pro is simply so they no longer have a hole in the software lineup as a competitor vs Affinity (I think the real competitor to this bundle) and Adobe

I think they view Photos as a viable replacement for Lightroom and equivalents.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by ksec »

This is Off Topic, but the first thing I notice on that page were those icons for apps with Apple Creator Studio.

They look AWEFUL.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by apgwoz »

geerlingguy wrote: post #109

I still miss Aperture. Photos is a far cry still, many years later. Lightroom never matched Aperture's organizational abilities for libraries with tens of thousands of RAW photos.

I’ve been waiting to see what happens with Photomator, and the fact that it’s not being included in anyway here makes me think it might not survive? Either that, or it’s gonna be heavily integrated into Photos…

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by cons0le »

guestbest wrote: post #113
fidotron wrote: post #18

> 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?

It sounds like internally it’s a checklist item they have to mention everywhere.

Yep, it's not trolling, it's just them doing the job. A well paid lawyer will defend a client even if they're guilty

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by pier25 »

H1Supreme wrote: post #133

Seems like a pretty solid deal, if you need everything. I don't know who that person is though. The intersection between Final Cut Pro and Logic users is pretty small, I'd imagine.

I'm that kind of user but I would rather not use Logic, Final Cut, or PixelMator unless Apple really improves those. On top of that there's also the platform lock-in concern.
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