“Adobe subscriptions massively lower the barrier to entry,” I wrote back in 2012:
Yesterday, if you didn’t own Photoshop, the cost of getting started was $700.
Today it’s $20*.Yesterday if you didn’t own the Master Collection, the cost was $2,600.
Today it’s $50–or if you own a CS3 or later app, just $30 (!).Yesterday if you wanted to reach tablets via Adobe’s Digital Publishing Solution, the cost was $400 per publication.
Soon it’ll be free, for unlimited publications, once you subscribe to Creative Cloud.This is a very big deal.
Now, here’s an even bigger deal:
Adobe will offer K-12 schools its full suite of Creative Cloud software for $5 per student per year, starting May 15, it said Thursday. That’s a radical discount compared […] earlier education pricing of $240 per year […] $360 after the first year.
Kids can use on home computers when they sign in, Adobe said.
Amazingly bold. I love it.
Fine print: minimum of 500 seats per school, or 2,500 for a school district. For the large high schools in our area (2-3,000 students each) this shouldn’t be a problem.
This is a huge win – last time I checked the schools in our area were still on CS6 (party like it’s 2012).
Great idea…
Would this offer apply just to students or the rest of us?
Students only, AFAIK, and then only when purchased in bulk.