More Creative Cloud pricing options please

Question

Something that confuses me with respect to the creative cloud pricing model is why there aren't more options? For example, why is it that only the entire "master suite" is available for $50/month, and not more affordable options that might allow users to select certain applications-- a la carte-- and create a custom subscription plan? Say I really only need Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and I like the idea of paying a subscription fee as opposed to one (huge) lump sum for the retail box-- seems it would be wise to accommodate such a need via the CC, no?
I know many artists and designers for whom $600/year is frankly cost-prohibitive, and who would likely get on board with some more affordable options available.

Answer 1

Nancy O. wrote:
I think of the Cloud as a smorgasbord or "Hometown Buffet" if you will of product choices. 
Product choices? You only have once choice — The Creative Cloud. If a person wants a smorgasbord, that person can get a smorgasbord. But that is hardly the only thing on a menu... Except with Adobe.
It's the wrong analogy anyway since with food you know you are leaving with nothing once you are done eating. With the Cloud you leave with nothing because that's the choice Adobe has made for us.
Nancy O. wrote:
Obviously, you probably won't use all of them.  But they're there for folks who may want to try them.
How about letting the users decide that for themselves? This is some serious up selling going on. Everybody uses Acrobat PRO to send PDF's to print houses. Add just one other product to the mix and you might as well go for everything. This is not a choice. It's a forced upgrade to something more expensive that you don't need. And you don't get to keep a license.
And besides, trial versions are for people who want to try out programs.
Nancy O. wrote:
Since I've been on the Cloud plan, I find I'm actually using more products now than I ever have before which enriches my skill-set.[..]
Fair enough.
Nancy O. wrote:
[...] I think that's what Adobe was counting on when they made the Cloud available at such an affordable introductory price.
No... Adobe is counting on you to only use Adobe products. It makes you dependent on Adobe products so you won't even pay attention to anything else that is out there. It's a dangerous thing to put your entire career in the hands of just one company.
Nancy O. wrote:
If $600 per year is too much, you can still purchase CS6 on a perpetual license.
A lot of us have been upgrading our Adobe software for years... and would have continued to do so. This isn't only about the price.
With a subscription only model we lose our security of a normal license. We have nothing to fall back on if we stop our subscription. Either keep paying Adobe forever or lose the ability to open up the programs. This is unacceptable.
But still being able to buy a perpetual license, albeit just for CS6, is something we can agree on. CS6 is still a fine piece of software.