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1200 points dagmx | 3 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.431s | source
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johnhamlin ◴[30 Oct 25 16:58 UTC] No.45762233[source]▶
Love to see this the day Adobe emailed to say it’s hiking my Photoshop/Lightroom subscription by 50% ($10/mo -> $15/mo)
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quchen ◴[30 Oct 25 17:09 UTC] No.45762349[source]▶
One of the reasons I stopped doing photography was that I realized I’m locked to using Lightroom where all my previous pictures are, and without a subscription it’s such a hassle to gain access to them again. I miss the days when I just bought Lightroom and that was it. :-(
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1. stavros ◴[30 Oct 25 17:15 UTC] No.45762436[source]▶
Capture One is fantastic, though.
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2. orbital-decay ◴[30 Oct 25 17:40 UTC] No.45762773[source]▶
Yes but settings for any existing photos are non-transferable between different RAW editing systems, by design. Even different versions of the same software have to keep around all old code for compatibility.
3. Computer0 ◴[30 Oct 25 20:11 UTC] No.45764757[source]▶
One of the last 2 pieces of perpetual license pieces of photo software I have left. This software segment has almost entirely been consumed by subscriptions.