Apple Creator Studio

[dead]

Alternative title: "Apple slaps subscription model on existing apps"

God fucking damn not you too, Apple. Adobe isn't a role model to emulate. I hate Adobe's practices. The whole world hates Adobe's practices. I want to pay for a thing with my money and then use it without worrying about ongoing costs, the UI changing, features breaking, or shit being shoved down my throat because some seedy PM wants a raise.

EDIT: I know you can still buy the software... but for how long?

Is this replacing the one-time purchase of these apps on macOS?

And here's the ruining of Pixelmator Pro everyone was waiting for. I paid one time 20 euros for it (discounted). And I would gladly pay again even full price for a new major version.

I don't want yet another subscription.

I see that they can still be bought (for now) but I wonder how long that will last.

How long until the option to buy-once for this software goes away? I am not a fan of this trend.

I think this is a huge mistake at least as far as the office software goes. One of the key advantages to Pages.app and friends is that they are pre-installed and free on MacOS. This will just drive people to M365 and Google Docs.