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Comment on Epic Games to update Unreal Engine pricing for devs not making games

TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Americans will talk of $10 a month like it’s chump change. It’s more expensive than my water bill.

Now add every other tool that decides to take the same approach.

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Wahots@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
$10 is also more expensive than my water bill in the US*. I purposely have as few subscriptions as possible.

*other utility bills are higher though, like sewer capacity, which is $17/mo.

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panja@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you’re using photoshop in a business or hobby capacity, $10/month is a fairly good deal.

I personally use Affinity Photo but I’m not going to pretend that it has feature parity with photoshop.

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- TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Paying forever is not a better deal than paying the price of a few months of use and then having it for years. Maybe a business can justify that, but for a hobby? No way.
  
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  - panja@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Maybe a business can justify that, but for a hobby? No way.
    
    Hobbyists CAN and DO get the $10/mo plan. It’s cheaper than most streaming services and if it’s a part of your workflow (as a hobby photographer, for example) then $10/month for a constantly updated software is a good deal.
    
    Like if you don’t value photoshop at $10/month that’s okay but A LOT of people do.
    
    Paying forever is not a better deal
    
    I just ran into the not forever issue when I had to re-buy Affinity photo to get the newest version.
    
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