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by dmix 584 days ago
I get why subscriptions are a thing but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer. Especially the blatant push for yearly commitments and hoop jumping to cancel the trial.

I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days.
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cj 584 days ago
> I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days.

To be fair, OS-native (and free 3rd party) apps are very good for the average amateur photographer, unlike 15 years ago. I think the market size of that segment has shrunk as a result.

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FireBeyond 583 days ago
> but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer

I'm not overly a fan of subscription software, but $9.99/mo for Photoshop and Lightroom is 1 1/2 coffees a month. If you're enough of a photographer that you lay out probably $700+ on a camera rather than your iPhone, then...

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