B&H Photo Video has
12-Month Subscription to
Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan: Photoshop CC & Lightroom (PC/Mac Download) on sale for $119.88 - $29.89 w/ promo code
CPW2017 =
$89.99. Thanks etphonehome
Note, promo code is valid for the digital download version only.
Editor's Notes & Price Research
After purchasing this item, an email will be sent to you containing a unique serial code for retrieving, activating, and validating your Photography Plan subscription. - brisar
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There's a trick question when renewing in the Adobe system, they ask if you want to automatically renew and will ask for a billing method.... Just skip that and it will continue with the renew code.
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I just purchased this for my account and it extended it one year from the date I started my subscription. In other words, my subscription was up for renewal on 4/12/2017 and after adding this code emailed from BH, it now says it's renewed until 4/12/2018.
There's a trick question when renewing in the Adobe system, they ask if you want to automatically renew and will ask for a billing method.... Just skip that and it will continue with the renew code.
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I agree with you - I hate this model. However, this is about the cheapest I've seen it.
Wrong or not, I think one of the reasons Photoshop grew so much was because it was a decent application AND easily pirated. Teens and young adults spent all their time learning the application, which later provides commercial license sales. For Photoshop though - newer versions still don't do anything more than I need from my 10 year old copy, and much of the time I just jump into Paint.NET for basic editing.
I use lightroom a few times a year to only process raw images from my rarely-used camera, and would prefer to pay maybe $30/year for updates. My Lightroom 5 software has tint issues with raw images from my newer phone, and I assume some upgrade would fix it, but I don't want to pay $10/mo forever to process 100 photos/year. This commercially-acceptable licensing method isn't compatible with what I find acceptable for private use. On the software-creation side of things, I understand the reasoning for this licensing model. I may have to start looking into alternatives soon, when an upgrade becomes much more needed.
Edit:
A search online suggests that this licensing model isn't curbing piracy. Seems it only pulls more money out of businesses by keeping them on the latest software, rather than allowing software purchases to lapse a few years between upgrades.