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Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

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?

You’ve never worked at BigCorp have you? At Amazon, part of the initial indoctrination when I was hired there was competitive messaging when talking to clients (I worked in ProServe) and what you were never allowed to say. I remember we could never say we had a “moat”.

I’m sure there is approved marketing copy.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by ExoticPearTree »

ksec wrote: post #121
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)…

>Comes out January 28th I wonder why? Why not today but 28th of Jan? Part of me thinks M5 MacBook Air and M5 Pro MacBook Pro will also be released on January 28th.

I would like this to be very true. Can’t wait to get the new Air.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by vile_wretch »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #52
tapoxi wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but this is $129/yr, that's significantly cheaper

It’s cheap enough it’s not enough to fund development of Final Cut but also not enough money to bother spending time on it. Find it odd personally, just offering them free to keep hardware makes more sense than trying to push a tiny subscription revenue number.

$129/year is surely better than $300 once, 15 years ago. Though I'm guessing not offering it for free is to keep it distinct from iMovie and to maintain some semblance of "Pro"-ness (which I'm gathering is up for debate either way.. the last time I did any actual video editing it was on Final Cut Pro 5 so I'm out of the loop)

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by smugma »

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…

Many years ago Apple reduced their pricing on many of these apps. They also made their OS updates free.

Apple wants its customers to buy/subscribe to these tools so that you’re in the Apple ecosystem and buy more hardware and services.

Unlike Adobe, they have profit-maximizing incentives to let you stay on the buy/rent model that you prefer.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by ascagnel_ »

bayindirh wrote: post #126
bearjaws wrote: post #115

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Available for purchase... for now.

The only "...for now" event I have seen in last 20 years of Apple software is iWorks and Mac OS X become free . ...and they integrated some of the Aperture to new Photos app, which is again was a transition to free. Name me something a product, not a service which you can only subscribe in Apple's ecosystem.

> Name me something a product, not a service which you can only subscribe in Apple's ecosystem.

The shows on Apple TV are only available via a subscription; there's no way to have a perpetual purchase (at least as far as that a la carte style of purchase is perpetual).

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by virgil_disgr4ce »

fooqux wrote: post #99
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…

> 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.

"PR purposes" IS doing it for money

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by whycome »

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…

Why do you think they will remove the option to buy the software? They’ve kept the model for years. They’re targeting different audiences with the move.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by d_runs_far »

al_borland wrote: post #17
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.

Maybe I'm old skool... but for the last 30+ years I've been using a combination of photoshop, illustrator, FCP, after effects (back when it was CoSA...), some audio editing and mixing in quite a bit of code as well. While others on my team specialize in one or two domains, I've managed to keep my skills in many.

Back in the day I was considered a 'MultiMedia' creative. I don't even know what to call myself these days.

Re: Apple Creator Studio

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Post by admp »

no_wizard wrote: post #135
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.

Photomator would be a more level Lightroom alternative, odd it's not included in the new Creator Studio package.
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