“The arrival of Aperture on the App Store isn’t a just a shot across Adobe’s bow, that doesn’t do Apple’s move justice,” Reschke writes. “What Apple did to Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom software is equivalent to hundreds of cannon rounds being fired upon a ship at point blank range.”
Reschke writes, “Apple gave Aperture a massive price cut, and it can be downloaded for only $79. Until today, a boxed copy of Aperture retailed for $199 (as of now it is still available as a physical purchase). Adobe’s Lightroom currently retails for $199 as a physically purchased product. Which software is going to dominate? An easy-to-find, $79 direct download or a physical copy of software for $199… Boxed software sounds silly already.”
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