I'm sorry Adobe, but it's time to re-evaluate our relationship.
You currently get $30/month from me (because I'm a student), and I get access to tons of your tools. But really, the only tool I want and use is Illustrator.
Let's do some cocktail napkin math.... $30*12= $360 per year. In three years, I'll have shelled out $1080. In a decade, assuming the pricing scheme doesn't change, I'll shell out $3600.00.
I'm not a professional, but I do use Illustrator several times a year to make graphics.
I must be the nicest guy in the world to pay you all this money just to use a program that I've grown to like using over the many, many years.
Also, I don't like how your software seems to "take over" my computer. It's like having a little "Adobe suit" running around constantly asking this and that, always wanting to update some program I never use. Always annoyingly "helpful", in my task bar, just begging for a slap down.
But this is it. I'm done with you Adobe. You've repaid my loyalty with price gouging. And now I'm repaying you by never using one of your products, ever again. I will spend the rest of my time as an educator advocating for open source, and warning your potential customers of how expensive and unfair your software prices really are. I'm not one to complain, but when I quietly endure unfairness for enough time, I make one proclamation (like this), and then turn and walk away from your company forever. Good luck with your greedy business model, you're going to need it.
So, hello GIMP (free + vector tools) and Pixelmator ($30), what's happening? I'm fresh out of an abusive relationship with Adobe.
