Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the iPad will each be available for $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year, with a one-month free trial. Final Cut Pro requires an iPad with an M1 chip or newer, while Logic Pro requires an A12 Bionic iPad or newer. The apps will be available on the App Store starting on Tuesday, May 23.
It’s great seeing Apple bring professional applications to tablets. The more choices we have, the better, and between desktops, laptops, and tablets, tablets have always felt left out.
Let’s hope Xcode is next.
Why does software that doesn’t have any significant infrastructure costs on the part of the vendor comes as subscription-only? Where does this end? Will your fridge come with a subscription for the software and if you don’t pay it will stop working?
And the sad thing is that, even if the EU makes it so that software without any significant infrastructure costs has to be made available as a perpetual license, the vendor can always go the Adobe route of throwing in a mediocre cloud storage service in the package to “justify” the subscription model.
I have to say that as a technology enthusiast, the outlook appears pretty bleak: Software that is either subscription-only or inferior FOSS software.
I even had this problem at work recently, where the last free version of GitKraken was made non-operational by the vendor, and the paid version comes with a subscription. Yes, a subscription for a local tool! Eventually, I settled for gitg despite being inferior, at least it’s FOSS and will keep working forever (I don’t want to be tied to a particular IDE).
…aaand I just realised I have become the person I made fun of about 10 yers ago.
kurkosdr,
Sometimes FOSS software is inferior, but I wouldn’t say always. There’s lots of FOSS software I’d be using even on windows. Filezilla, blender, wireshark, chromium, firefox, git, etc. Practically every FOSS editor is better than notepad, haha.
I do agree that software subscriptions are bad for owner rights and control and it’s draconian for creative apps in particular. You may loose the ability to open your own projects in the future without their say so. The best case scenario is you’ll have to pay whatever price they ask for. The worst case scenario is they’ll discontinue the product or replace it with something incompatible, making it so you can never open your old work again under the software it was created with.
Yeah, this would be unacceptable to me too, but as more and more software moves to subscriptions, software licenses that you own indefinitely could become an artifact of the past. New software may only be available by subscription.
This could apply to many of us. I was 100% windows & commercial product user until I wasn’t.
I was referring to those cases where the choice is between subscription proprietary software and inferior FOSS software (should have phrased it better).
I don’t share Thom’s view on this. The way I see it, Tablets and phones are consumer only devices. This would be great for desk devices only. And at this time those devices are suffering in sales. Tablets and other mobile devices arent made for productivity in general. This is mastered in the workstation and desktop. Final cut is in this field.
spiderdroid,
I don’t mind when vendors provide mobile apps but my fear is that the rise of mobile might correlate to regressions on the desktop in terms of features and investment. This happened with my bank, they introduced a mobile app, which is fine I can ignore it. But then they started removing features from the website to reduce it to the parity and look of the mobile app. Now I, as a desktop user, have to suffer from the same low information density UI as a mobile app user. Thanks for that /sarcasm.
I do most of my photo and video editing on my phone/tablet.
We’re at a point where mobile SoCs are as powerful as desktops, and for certain roles… something like a tablet may be more productive due to the mode of interaction. Like photo and graphic creation is a much more productive experience on a tablet.
javiercero1,
I disagree with the “mobile SoCs are as powerful as desktops” claim, especially when it comes to mutli-threading…
https://browser.geekbench.com/ios-benchmarks
https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks
https://browser.geekbench.com/processor-benchmarks
Whether CPU performance even matters obviously comes down to the user and specific use cases. I imagine these new mobile tools will be marketed to the social media crowds who don’t have access to a workstation. Casual users & professionals that need only moderate effects and don’t spend all day working on intense workloads will probably find mobile devices are good enough for them, and to them I say great, use whatever works!
For a professional who does use intensive effects day in and day out at the highest quality, then it’s likely a faster desktop system could provide significant time savings, better run time, screen size, additional RAM, storage, networking, GPU, etc.
On the other hand a tablet form factor has the advantage of portability and a great stylus in particular really opens up artistic applications compared to using mouse. I hate using tablets because I do too much typing, but It really boils down to specific use cases.
Apparently, a statement like “as powerful as” is way too nuanced for you to handle. So be it.
There were plenty of professionals, and amateurs alike, who were clamoring for an iPad version of those tools. Specially given how the M2 chip on the iPad is literally the same as the one on the Macbook and mac mini. So they got it, and if it fits their use case.
javiercero1,
“javiercero1’s words taken at face value, news at 11:00” 🙂
I’m fine with whatever floats people’s boats.
… and yet, here you are.
javiercero1,
We’re all allowed to comment and I don’t see what the problem is? Everyone on osnews deserves to be spoken to respectfully. If you agree, then please do lighten up on the condescending remarks. If you disagree, then enlighten me why you think I deserve to be spoken to disrespectfully.
Such lack of basic self awareness… that advice you’re giving seems to apply entirely to you. So take it. LOL
javiercero1,
Now you’re just trolling. Not for nothing, but I see nothing I said that warrants rude responses from you, so what gives? Why are you so easily offended? I kind of feel like there may be misplaced aggression at play and you’re taking them out on me even though they have little to do with me. That or you just enjoy being a bully, but I hope that’s not it. I genuinely prefer to be on friendly terms than whatever this is.
Again, with the basic lack of self-awareness and projection. It’s like you keep writing what you, yourself, need to hear most.
javiercero1,
Well, if that’s the case, the evidence is right here in the thread so what’s the exact line I said that you consider rude? And be specific.
Is this the line you’re offended by??
We both seem to agree that I made a valid point: mobile SOCs are not as powerful as desktops. Yet instead of saying “yeah sorry I misspoke, let me clarify”, which is completely reasonable, you responded with an ad hominem attacking me personally strait off the bat. Admitting my point has merit would hurt your pride too much so instead you are deflecting with these “I know you are but what am I” taunts.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/narcissism-demystified/201906/i-know-you-are-what-am-i
You really don’t need to take this stance. Seriously, I just want the rudeness to stop. Meh, I guess you really can’t help it. Go ahead, have another I know you are but what am I taunt on the house.
Subscription based, professional and on mobile form factor. This train has derailed. I see it more as a toy for now. In general to do production on such devices. Maybe for Instagram work. If this is now considered to be professional. Due to some influencers being paid for it.
Isn’t that literally the definition of being a professional? Making money off of the work you do?
Yeah. I have no idea why people are thinking that an iPad with an M2 chip can’t be used for “paid” work. Lots of professionals have been requesting versions of logic and final cut for the iPad. Specially for people who have mobile workflows, or as a front end with touch screen controls.