Why does adobe have to be so expensive??

[TylerM0018]

Why are adobe products so expensive??

[Kooia]

Their products aren't really that expensive compared to some other things (such as Microsoft). Anyways, that's why I use Inkscape (on Linux)

[smyth]

) nice question. Kooia is right, they're not necessary expensive. If you think about it, their products are high end, top notch softwares for design/advertise industries. That means that many people and companies make a lot of money out of them , enough money so they can afford to buy them. Adobe is very expensive if you're poor and you're not making enough (or at all) money out of it (you want it just for leisure, hobby, you're at the beginning of design career , etc.). Fortunately there are alternatives, cheaper software, free software and even ... the bad one ... .
Anyway, don't think they're expensive, think you must grow your earnings. (and when you'll succeed please buy me the whole suit!)

[Renovatio2011]

Would you mind buying one for me also... lol! lol!

) nice question. Kooia is right, they're not necessary expensive. If you think about it, their products are high end, top notch softwares for design/advertise industries. That means that many people and companies make a lot of money out of them , enough money so they can afford to buy them. Adobe is very expensive if you're poor and you're not making enough (or at all) money out of it (you want it just for leisure, hobby, you're at the beginning of design career , etc.). Fortunately there are alternatives, cheaper software, free software and even ... the bad one ... .
Anyway, don't think they're expensive, think you must grow your earnings. (and when you'll succeed please buy me the whole suit!)

[Chung Dha]

You should see the list of programmers they have to pay to write the codes to build the software. Just start off with the student package which is the cheapest with all the functions but cost less than the standard package, cause most students are poor. But the best thing with it is that you can upgrade it to a new one when they release a new Adobe suit to a non student full version. And upgrade packages are much cheaper than the standard package.

[lucy520]

think you must grow your earnings..