We've been on Adobe's Photography plan for years. It's such a good deal (IMHO). You get Photoshop and Lightroom Classic both for $9.99 a month. Recently we got an email from Adobe letting me know that the plan would go up in price to $19.95 a month unless I chose to pay yearly instead of monthly. If I selected to pay yearly in one lump sum the price would stay at $9.99. This lock in is only available to current customers on the plan!
So, by doing nothing I would double my cost to use the programs. By spending 15 minutes online with someone from Adobe and changing the billing frequency I would save about $120 a year. Seems to me there is really only one way to go. Go annual instead of monthly.
If you hate Adobe's Lightroom and Photoshop that's fine but let's not make the comments into a whole big thing about why you like Capture One better. Or why you like DXO better. Or why you don't mind the 1990's menus for some Linux program that you use just because it's free. (Changing oil in the driveway and dumping the old oil into the storm sewer..).
I'm not posting this as marketing for Adobe. But if you currently have the plan and want to keep it as is this notice will save you money. That's all I'm doing here.
Yes, I'm sure for you that Capture One is borderline orgasmic. I've tried it. Not right for me. And Linux? Like a time machine back to WordStar...
I need to save every cent I can since I read MJ's column today and realized that portrait photography, which until today I did to make a living, is going away or already dead. Gotta save where I can...
Does anyone have a good recipe for boiling leather Leica camera straps to make soup? Just asking.
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You must have a better rep than me. I just got off a phone call and they said that was not available and I have been on my plan for 15 years. Maybe I will get an email for someone that will process. Did they give you a phone number?
I went to "manage my account" on the website and then hit the chat button and then escalated from A.I. chat to live agent chat. The person on the other end took care of everything. I never use phone support anywhere. It's too time consuming and frustrating. Sorry you are having issues...
Thanks for help that worked.
I made a decent living out of wrangling Linux servers at the company where I used to work (retired now), but I totally agree with what you're saying here.
While the Linux desktop is better than it used to be, there are reasons I don't use a Linux system for home use. There's software I want to use which isn't available on Linux, and if there's something on Linux that vaguely does kind of the same thing it'll be as clunky as hell and generally unpleasant to use. Very 1990s.
Wordstar, now you're talking!
Maybe the world is waiting for portraits of mice.
Straps are a good start, but you really need to boil down a half-case to get a good broth.
Noted. Thanks! Quick question: Would Hasselblad straps taste better?
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