One of the major costs in software is developing the algorithms that attempt to prevent theft. The margins on software are not in the league that many people think and there are many studies that show the cost of piracy on the development.
I suspect that you are also one of the many people who think that software only costs as much as the CD/DVD that it is distributed upon to develop, test, produce, market and distribute. The real matter is Adobe has gained a monopoly (let's not discuss here how) and thus can put the price as much high as they want, till there will be people who are willing to pay a leg and a arm for it.Īhh, the famous 'Photoshop is too expensive' argument which actually means 'I am too tight to buy it'. But this claim would be as absurd as yours. I could say the opposite: there is piracy because software is so expensive that most people can't afford. Claiming that software is expensive because of piracy.
and c) one of the major reasons why software is so expensive.
MAYBE Adobe will refund my money, but in any case, I won't be a legal user of Photoshop CS5. Well, I just ceased to be an Adobe supporter, and may very possibly become a bootleg software user, because I think Adobe is simply being GREEDY beyond reason! If you own a suite, you can only upgrade the entire suite, with my minimum cost being $499.00!!! I have now learned (the VERY hard way) that Adobe will not allow me to buy the upgrade version of Photoshop CS5. However, I rarely use anything other than Photoshop. Several years ago I upgraded to the Design Standard Suite, and have upgraded repeatedly to CS4. I have been a loyal Photoshop owner since approximately version 3 (I honestly don't remember - but the oldest CD-ROM disk I have in my library is a Photoshop 7 upgrade disk).
I just came up against a stunning example of Adobe's apparently boundless greed. At the risk of being flamed for cross-posting, I just posted the following on the PC Tools forum:
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