If Phase One is looking for a licensing scheme to make more why don't they ever advertise to Lightroom users?
Instead of milking the current users like myself that have probably spent about $1000 on the software so far why don't you try to rope in some LR users? I rarely see online ads for Capture One and when I do they are not advertising the advantages it has over the competition. There is a sizable market for some people that are looking for an alternative to LR but I can't see people paying that much unless they offer the much broader feature set of the competition. Others pointed out that the Adobe package comes with both LR and Photoshop but also Affinity 2 includes the full graphic suite for the price that I pay just for C1's photo editing functionality!
I have paid for every update but I can't see how they could raise the cost much more unless they give a lot more functionality particularly features that would normally be in tools like PS and Affinity Photo.
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I think there is a pricing error with the subscription model with needs addressing. Adobe LR + PS is cheaper than the current subscription prices + plus Adobe lets users use the software on two computers, and switching licenses between computers is easy. So if you need a third computer (i.e. a windows computer no problem, just switch the licence for a few hours and then switch it back)
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Capture One works on two computers, I have it on both my laptop and desktop. I wish Capture One would have the Universal license option that Affinity just came out with where you pay for one license that goes across Mac, Windows, and iPad. So much simpler. Given that the iPad versions of these programs tend have quite a bit less features then the desktop I don't see why they can't throw the iPad in with the price of the desktop software. I am not sure if the pricing is listed wrong.
Also one reason I don't bother with the cloud service is that it still doesn't copy the content between two computers. I could potentially be interested in buy that if it did that one functionality that I brought up several years ago.
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