Value for money arguments really miss the point, which is liberty and autonomy. I mean, we live in an age of free products, and the consensus is clear that the trade-off’s aren’t always wise. Depending on who you are and what work you do with it, yes, I’m sure many will find it an excellent value and I don’t begrudge that at all. What I do resent is leaving anyone else behind in a way that curtails even those paying customers’ ability to use it to their own ends, and that is something I think everyone, regardless of whether or not they’re a Photoshop user, should be concerned by. Tra-la-la-ing that you don’t mind a nominal fee is as tone-deaf as any anti-inclusionary tech myopia there’s ever been. Free/open-source alternatives are the very best value by that logic, yet I seriously doubt anyone so eager to use Photoshop as you seem to be wouldn’t be given pause if forced to take your own argument on price at face-value.
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