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I remember in the early days having several word processors, each had their strengths and weaknesses. It was common to open a document in each application to do specific aspects of the process, then eventually into Pagemaker to send for printing.
The trouble is Adobe have been buying up these specialised software houses and incorporating each as a 'new' feature of Photoshop over the years. Not just Adobe, all the big names have been doing it. Bibble has just been sucked up by Corel and then they have ruined it stopped further development.
I think we should be supporting the small specialised software producers, that may encourage or enable them to stay independent. Once they are sucked up they become embedded and lost to us unless we pay the ransom to Adobe.
Ransom it is because few if any of us would voluntarily upgrade any of our software at each and every update. Most of us find every other or even every third release quite sufficient because many of the added features like for example content aware fill, we already have from the independent developer who created it, before Adobe snapped it up to enhance their next 'upgrade'.
If you didn't upgrade at every update then the new regime will be very much more expensive, like about 3 times more I think. (I haven't done the math) If you did upgrade every time then I think there may be a slight saving.
The plus side is of course you are always using the very latest software with constant updates. The question is how often do you actually use these 'new features' and are they relevant to your needs. Because if you are not using all the new features then you are paying the higher price for nothing.
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Robert.