Which is fair, if FileMaker existed in a vacuum. The inflation-adjusted cost of software and hardware has consistently trended downwards over the past 40 years.
As someone that pays for commercial software, only if you are talking about race to the bottom on mobile stores.
A proper PC or Apple device, proper being the keyword, not throwaway gear under 500 €, is as expensive as always, when buying hardware with 5 to 10 years expected lifetime in a professional setting.
Suggested retail price for Filemaker when it was originally released in 1985 for Macintosh was $195. That's about $600 these days.
It is about as expensive as it ever was.
Which is fair, if FileMaker existed in a vacuum. The inflation-adjusted cost of software and hardware has consistently trended downwards over the past 40 years.
As someone that pays for commercial software, only if you are talking about race to the bottom on mobile stores.
A proper PC or Apple device, proper being the keyword, not throwaway gear under 500 €, is as expensive as always, when buying hardware with 5 to 10 years expected lifetime in a professional setting.
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