The Adobe story sounds like “you created content, but we own it.” Adobe is a tool. My hammer doesn’t own the house built with it. Corporate decisions should not be based on the “we will do it until someone sues.”
Affinity is an alternate to PhotoShop for Mac users. I love it. Having said that, it looks like they recently sold out as well, which is what happens to any product that provides an alternative to the tyranny of the Tech Bros. They stated something akin to "at this time we have no plans to go to a subscription model" and the polyannas sighed in relief. "At this time..." means exactly what it says. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Affinity stays the course--no subscription model--in no small part because I threw quite a bit of money at them, supporting them by buying all their products (even though I only really use one) and singing their praises. If they go subscription I will be disappointed -- insert my disappointed mother look here-- and will go looking at things like Gimp, but grumpily.
I'm at that age when moving menu items and the stuff in the grocery store really pisses me off. Like, it's not just annoying, but enough to make me go, "That's it, I'm done."
I'm not quite there. well maybe in the grocery store, but yeah. Stop screwing with things that aren't broke to justify your existence, middle managers.
I put a whole list of free and cheaper alternatives on my substack post, so if people are looking at where to start, it gives some good beginnings. (https://tntcreationz.substack.com/p/im-doing-my-partare-you) GIMP and Affinity are mentioned along with many others. Remember, Adobe Acrobat is an Adobe product...
Don't forget Scribus for an InDesign replacement. Though my plan is to go with a dual boot machine next so I can learn Linux before I have to switch over completely as I know MS will reneg on their word to make Recall Spyware an "Opt In" sooner or later, using dark patterns to trick you into agreeing to it.
More people need to start taking this seriously. Adobe turned their TOS into Ransomware and most people just clicked and agreed to give up their work for free, in potential violation of security clearances or NDAs they may have. There WILL be lawsuits. I can just about guarantee people are writing them now. Especially since this includes Acrobat. This is also the second time I got "ransomware TOS agreements" in the last 2 months. The other was a change from Ingram Spark. Thankfully it wasn't as serious as this, but this is becoming a severe problem and will become the norm if we don't push back. If this is something a person doesn't see as a problem, know they have fallen in love with the leash and just walk away. They will have to learn the hard way.
Yeah, any bets on when the first lawsuit lands? This is why, even if I could afford it, I don't do "cloud based" software, including Adobe. I'm still using CS6 editions of Adobe stuff. It's the last iteration before they went to the cloud, and that's where I stay.
I have used GIMP for years, along with UFRaw for photo editing. I could never afford Photoshop, and I refuse to pay for subscriptions, so I’m still using perfectly adequate software on my computer that’s sometimes a decade or more old.
The Adobe story sounds like “you created content, but we own it.” Adobe is a tool. My hammer doesn’t own the house built with it. Corporate decisions should not be based on the “we will do it until someone sues.”
Exactly!
Affinity is an alternate to PhotoShop for Mac users. I love it. Having said that, it looks like they recently sold out as well, which is what happens to any product that provides an alternative to the tyranny of the Tech Bros. They stated something akin to "at this time we have no plans to go to a subscription model" and the polyannas sighed in relief. "At this time..." means exactly what it says. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Affinity stays the course--no subscription model--in no small part because I threw quite a bit of money at them, supporting them by buying all their products (even though I only really use one) and singing their praises. If they go subscription I will be disappointed -- insert my disappointed mother look here-- and will go looking at things like Gimp, but grumpily.
I like the functionality of GIMP and Inkscape, but their interfaces are beyond clunky. I mean even Adobe CS5 is much smoother and clear.
I'm at that age when moving menu items and the stuff in the grocery store really pisses me off. Like, it's not just annoying, but enough to make me go, "That's it, I'm done."
I'm not quite there. well maybe in the grocery store, but yeah. Stop screwing with things that aren't broke to justify your existence, middle managers.
I put a whole list of free and cheaper alternatives on my substack post, so if people are looking at where to start, it gives some good beginnings. (https://tntcreationz.substack.com/p/im-doing-my-partare-you) GIMP and Affinity are mentioned along with many others. Remember, Adobe Acrobat is an Adobe product...
Don't forget Scribus for an InDesign replacement. Though my plan is to go with a dual boot machine next so I can learn Linux before I have to switch over completely as I know MS will reneg on their word to make Recall Spyware an "Opt In" sooner or later, using dark patterns to trick you into agreeing to it.
More people need to start taking this seriously. Adobe turned their TOS into Ransomware and most people just clicked and agreed to give up their work for free, in potential violation of security clearances or NDAs they may have. There WILL be lawsuits. I can just about guarantee people are writing them now. Especially since this includes Acrobat. This is also the second time I got "ransomware TOS agreements" in the last 2 months. The other was a change from Ingram Spark. Thankfully it wasn't as serious as this, but this is becoming a severe problem and will become the norm if we don't push back. If this is something a person doesn't see as a problem, know they have fallen in love with the leash and just walk away. They will have to learn the hard way.
Yeah, any bets on when the first lawsuit lands? This is why, even if I could afford it, I don't do "cloud based" software, including Adobe. I'm still using CS6 editions of Adobe stuff. It's the last iteration before they went to the cloud, and that's where I stay.
I have used GIMP for years, along with UFRaw for photo editing. I could never afford Photoshop, and I refuse to pay for subscriptions, so I’m still using perfectly adequate software on my computer that’s sometimes a decade or more old.
Oh, and for pdfs, I have used PDFSam as well as LibreOffice.