I'm curious to see whether Apple will change Photometer into an OS bundled app, fold it into Photos, or continue to sell it as a subscription. Apple is not currently deeply entrenched into subscription based applications. Apple subscription based applications like Music, News+, Fitness+, and Arcade are predominantly content-based or access-to-content- based. If Apple continues on its current trend bringing Photometer in-house may be a boon for Apple users who prefer not to sign-up for subscription based apps.
It may only be a matter of time before Apple decides to go down the subscription path with the apps they don't consider to be an essential part of the OS package. This change would more closely mimic what Microsoft does with its premier apps. They give you a workable app with the OS and then make you sign-up for a subscription for the premier app. I hope Apple doesn't go down this path, but I think it's only a matter of time. A halfway down the path solution would be to bundle Photometer with Pixelmator Pro and make you pay one-time to get it.
It may only be a matter of time before Apple decides to go down the subscription path with the apps they don't consider to be an essential part of the OS package. This change would more closely mimic what Microsoft does with its premier apps. They give you a workable app with the OS and then make you sign-up for a subscription for the premier app. I hope Apple doesn't go down this path, but I think it's only a matter of time. A halfway down the path solution would be to bundle Photometer with Pixelmator Pro and make you pay one-time to get it.
We will see.
1. It’s Photomator, not Photometer. I’ll blame autocorrect on your behalf.
2. MS does not really give you workable apps with their Office — sorry it’s been renamed YET AGAIN to “Microsoft 365” suite. It’s pre-installed on every new Windows machine, but all you can do is read documents with it unless you sign up for a subscription now.
3. I am personally comfortable with the limited areas where Apple does subscriptions, as (apart from iCloud) not partaking doesn’t diminish the intended Apple experience, but partaking enhances said experience. IMO, Apple should remain “picky” about what it offers subscriptions for, and — like they have done so far — make it a good value for money spent.
It may only be a matter of time before Apple decides to go down the subscription path with the apps they don't consider to be an essential part of the OS package. This change would more closely mimic what Microsoft does with its premier apps. They give you a workable app with the OS and then make you sign-up for a subscription for the premier app. I hope Apple doesn't go down this path, but I think it's only a matter of time. A halfway down the path solution would be to bundle Photometer with Pixelmator Pro and make you pay one-time to get it.
We will see.
1. It’s Photomator, not Photometer. I’ll blame autocorrect on your behalf.
2. MS does not really give you workable apps with their Office — sorry it’s been renamed YET AGAIN to “Microsoft 365” suite. It’s pre-installed on every new Windows machine, but all you can do is read documents with it unless you sign up for a subscription now.
3. I am personally comfortable with the limited areas where Apple does subscriptions, as (apart from iCloud) not partaking doesn’t diminish the intended Apple experience, but partaking enhances said experience. IMO, Apple should remain “picky” about what it offers subscriptions for, and — like they have done so far — make it a good value for money spent.
Thanks. What’s considered workable is subjective but I’ll have to agree that what Microsoft gives you with crappy apps like Write are useless for anything serious. Even Notepad pales in comparison to freeware apps like Notepad++. I too hope Apple avoids the bottom line appeal of subscriptions as much as they can.
Considering how many times we've seen Pixelmator Pro being promoted in Apple presentations, I think it's safe to assume they will treat Pixelmator Pro with dignity as parts of either iWork or the more creative tools Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro and Motion. I ditched Adobe many years ago, and tried both Affinity and Pixelmator. When Pixelmator Pro came out, I've been pretty satisfied with that over Photoshop. They've kept pumping out very significant updates too. It's still kinda simple compared to big old Photoshop, but it's fast and does the job. The ML image grading I'm finding pretty terrible, but the grading tools are decent.
Photomator though… I could see some of that trickle into Apple Photos, and eventually shutting down once Photos is up to speed? They shut down Aperture after all. Not a fan of either Photos or Photomator, to be honest. It's been a while since I tested Photomator though… Perhaps the newer subscription version has become much better? It was something about the exposure, shadows, noise and white balance that I didn't vibe with initially.
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It may only be a matter of time before Apple decides to go down the subscription path with the apps they don't consider to be an essential part of the OS package. This change would more closely mimic what Microsoft does with its premier apps. They give you a workable app with the OS and then make you sign-up for a subscription for the premier app. I hope Apple doesn't go down this path, but I think it's only a matter of time. A halfway down the path solution would be to bundle Photometer with Pixelmator Pro and make you pay one-time to get it.
We will see.
Photomator though… I could see some of that trickle into Apple Photos, and eventually shutting down once Photos is up to speed? They shut down Aperture after all. Not a fan of either Photos or Photomator, to be honest. It's been a while since I tested Photomator though… Perhaps the newer subscription version has become much better? It was something about the exposure, shadows, noise and white balance that I didn't vibe with initially.