Apple today said it is putting six tools together under a single subscription called Apple Creator Studio. For $12.99 per month (or $129 annually), subscribers get:
Final Cut Pro (Mac and iPad) for editing video
Logic Pro (Mac and iPad), a digital audio workstation
Pixelmator Pro (Mac and iPad) to edit images
MainStage (Mac) to turn your computer into a musical instrument
Motion (Mac) to create video animation
Compressor (Mac) to transcode media files into other formats
Extra features on Keynote, Pages, Numbers and (soon) Freeform
Considering tools like Final Cut Pro only used to sell for a one-time purchase of $300 and then later on just iPad for $4.99/month, how does this deal look for consumers? Do the bundled items some of them video, some of them audio make sense together? And since Apple can offer it through its own App Store without charging itself commission, where can competitor products compete?
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The reinvention of iWork as SaaS? Not sure I like this — clearly Apple has been moving towards services for years, but many of these products used to be free, and now they'll cost $155.88/year?
Is this the start of Apple enshittifying?
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Really considering purchasing it.
Have been using CapCut for the whole year (paid version), but after reading their policies, I was kinda shocked at what they can "own."
In 2 days, my subscription will be renewed, but considering either CutPro / DaVinci Resolve / Filmora.
(The price for CapCut and CutPro is identical btw. At least in my region.)