Well, Adobe Photoshop, it has been “nice knowing you.” In less carefully-couched words, our relationship is over.  (You were always a mixed blessing).  This year, Adobe raised the price of their Photoshop-only subscription from $9.99 to $14.99 (for existing subscribers) and $19.99 for new subscribers. 

I was somehow blind to Adobe’s price hike until I saw a $14.99 charge on my credit card and said “whaa?”  (Truth be told, I probably said nothing and just scrunched my eyebrows, but “whaa” was exactly what my eyebrows would have said if they could talk.)

For some reason, I thought I could restore my $9.99/month rate, and so I cancelled my existing subscription and signed up again.  Nope!  It’s now $19.99/month!  Aren’t you sorry you cancelled us now, said Adobe with a sneer.

The bottom line is, my Adobe Photoshop experience is over.  I have a 15-year-old copy of Photoshop CS5 (one of the last software packages one could own rather than subscribe to) which I can use to open my PSD files if all else fails.  Meanwhile, I’m eyeing a one-time purchase of Affinity Photo to sustain me, and this blog, for the duration.

For your enjoyment, here’s a non-Adobe-processed image — a chart of Adobe’s stock price over the past year, which reflects the December 2024 announcement of their price hike.