AmberNeely

hmlongco said:

I actually have the Adobe "Photography" Plan that just bumped up from $9.99/mo to $15.52/mo. ($19.95 listed on site).

Or had, rather, since I just cancelled it. I no longer use it enough to justify the cost, and have been using Pixelmator Pro for the odd work that I needed done.

Switching to a new program isn't easy... but it's getting easier, and I'm getting tired of Adobe's incessant price increases.

I'm currently going through the painful process of trying to delete the apps from my machine.

Apparently Adobe didn't hear about the "one click cancel/delete" law...

Adobe's choice to do an annual, billed monthly, and then a true monthly plan has always driven me insane. When I was a college student a handful of years ago, I was faced with the choice of cancelling any of my "unnecessary" subscriptions or not paying my rent. Silly me, I like living indoors, so I decided to cancel my Adobe Creative Cloud student plan -- I had finished my class that I used it for, so while it was nice to have, I didn't need it. At that point there wasn't any real clear information about early termination fees. I was about halfway through my plan. Started to cancel it and saw that I would be hit with a massive early termination fee. Fought tooth and nail to get it removed (and eventually did.)

Adobe still obfuscates the fee issue. On the pricing pages when you go to purchase a subscription, it simply says "you'll be charged an early termination fee" but does not say that it's 50%.  It may disclose it better when you make the actual purchase -- I haven't bought anything from Adobe in several years.

And to anyone who might read this -- I dunno if this trick still works, but it used to. If you're on the All-Apps "annual, paid monthly" plan and want to cancel, you may be able to save money by first downgrading your account to the Photography plan. Then when you cancel, you'll only be charged the 50% termination fee on a plan that is significantly cheaper than All Apps.

Again, haven't had to do this in a while, so I'm not sure if it works. Might be worth a try.

mongobongo said:

What is that bar attached to the top of the iMac?

It's a Benq Screen Bar!