Apple is currently in the middle of serious monopoly claims with some government officials wanting to break-up Apple because of such practices. While Adobe is crushing it with record revenue quarter after quarter, many big players like Adobe have held off from giving such a big cut of their revenue to Apple with App Store offerings. This is an interesting move given the 30% that Apple takes from developers.

In order to get the Photography Plan subscription that includes Photoshop, you’ll need to get it direct from Adobe or pre-pay with a retailer like B&H Photo. The Photography Plan that includes Photoshop does not appear to be available with the Mac App Store version of Lightroom. Notably, it appears to offer only the Lightroom Subscription Plan, which gives you Lightroom access and 1TB of cloud storage with Adobe. The app is available to download for free and comes with a free week of use, then the subscription will be billed monthly through your Apple account. Lightroom joins other recent big-name Mac App Store additions, including Microsoft’s Office 365, which utilizes a similar subscription-based approach to monetization.Adobe Lightroom is now available in the Mac App Store with the Lightroom subscription plan for $9.99 per month billed through the Mac App Store. Among other methods, Project Catalyst is making it much easier for developers to create apps across platforms. Of course, the desktop store has been a harder push than its mobile version, given that macOS pre-dated its walled garden by decades in one form or other. The company’s been making a push for developers to make their wares available through its channels as it pushed toward a more content-focused approach. Apple’s clearly excited about the arrival, with Lightroom currently featured atop the App Store home page. Unlike Element’s flat $70 a month upfront charge, Lightroom adopts the company’s shift in recent years toward a subscription-based model, running users $10 a month for continued access.

The title joins the more lightweight Photoshop Elements, but is the sole pro app currently available through the venue. The pro-focused photo-editing tool Lightroom is now available on the Mac App Store, marking the first major Adobe app to be available through the revamped version of the platform.

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