It's not you, Chris. It is very expensive for software that is only rent-able--and yes, subscribing for a year is still effectively renting. I brew my own coffee and pay less than 25 cents per cup--not $5.77 (the adjusted price of a 5 day work week rather than 4.17 for working 7 days a week.) The whole thing comes off as sleazy car salesman, but it is unfortunately what I would expect from AD.
I would, however, not be surprised if we see someone from AD jumping onto this thread explaining this latest 'benevolent' ploy and how this is better for all of us kind of horsepucky. <rant> One of the biggest parts of Autodesk and Adobe CC is that for production, generally, we don't care about the having the cutting edge until it has been proven stable. So while having access to beta to know what is coming down the pike and to test how the new version is going to break tools, the truth of the day to day is that we need a stable version of the software to get our work done quickly and with the fewest problems. AD marketing is so clueless to paint us in the light that we are all a bunch of hipster douche-bags pushing a button to advance to the next script and letting the computer work for a few hours while we go off in between mountain-biking and surfing like a glorified George Jetson. </rant>
