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We used to exchange R1 for $1. Now it is 20 to 1. So paying per month is just too expensive.
When R1 was $1, a meal at a restaurant with your family might cost R50
Now a meal with your family can cost R1000.
It is the value of your currency that has changed, not the value of the software.
And that is why we cannot afford it. Unless you are doing very well in your photography field, these extra costs simply drain your bank balance.
Exchange R1? I have no idea what you are saying
South Africa: One Rand for one Dollar.
How do you expect the rest of the world to “just know” that R1 is Rand?
Off topic, but that’s just as much a problem with the ignorance of the “rest of the world” as it is OP’s harmless assumption
Perhaps, but one can't expect to know the nicknames of every currency in the world, and what the exchange rates are vs. every other currency, etc. OP could have said that they were from SA, and that was one of the things driving their decision.
This is why it's useful to use standard abbreviations for currencies (ISO 4217). For the South African Rand, it's ZAR.
disappointed it's not R&