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Adobe Promises That It Hasn’t Gone Full Big Brother (slate.com)

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 85 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Pirating Adobe software is exactly what they want you to do. Their business model relies on businesses paying for their license because people already know how to use their software, in large part because people pirate it, and also they have deals with schools to teach their software.

What Adobe actually doesn't want you to do is to learn the software of their competition, since that's how they will lose money in the long term.

[–] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 months ago (10 children)

This. Right here.

The main reason we need to push for open source alternatives is this. The more people learn how to use them the more content around them we get and more people take interest in using it and helping develop it (and donate to it).

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

I went to Affinity Photo and Illustrator years ago, and I’m a fan. One time purchase, easy to use, and full tutorials from the creators on Vimeo. ~~Only downside is that it’s only available on Apple devices.~~ Turns out it’s available on Windows now too.

https://affinity.serif.com

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Affinity is also on Windows - at least Designer is. I've been using it for a couple of years now.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My mistake. That’s good to know! I’ll edit my comment for clarity. I think they launched as Apple only years ago. I’m glad to hear they’re growing.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

I think you're right that they were Apple only for a few years at least.

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