The need for the complete extermination of the adobe software devs

[Miller]

I used to have a pirated copy of Photoshop CS2 but since Adobe has disabled their servers my CS2 can't send the fake key to validate the copy. I have since moved to Krita and I'm fine with it since it's available on both Windows and Linux.
I know there's Affinity Photo but it's not on Linux so I don't care.

 

[cactus]

When did that BS start?

I don't know, but I heard of it a couple years ago. I'm hoping I can pirate CS6 when I have to upgrade my computer though.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Maybe people wouldn't have "pirated" Photoshop anywhere near as much if it's cheaper back in the day, and no "subscription" BS today?



And speaking of GIMP, I may have forgotten much of how to do stuff in PS that I use GIMP for, since it's been so long since using PS.

 

[robots.txt]

I've used Adobe products like Photoshop since I was a child and I'm not gonna lie, 90% of my workflow hasn't changed since CS6. Quality of life changes, sure. But nothing drastic enough for me to be compelled to update. I recently bought one of those new Macs and was forced to update to a modern 2024 crack of Photoshop and continue to not notice any major differences minus AI slop.

I can't speak for the rest of the Adobe suite like After Effects, but I think Adobe is on a steep decline. The only reason why I even still crack their products isn't for their superiority, only familiarity. With that being said, I still hate GIMP.

 

[vanta pilled]

Lots of alternatives to GIMP mentioned in this thread, I remember the days when GIMP was the only alternative to photoshop. I don't really use these types of software so I haven't been keeping up with the latest developments in this space. How do these alternatives (Krita, Affinity, etc...) compare to GIMP?

 

[cactus]

Maybe people wouldn't have "pirated" Photoshop anywhere near as much if it's cheaper back in the day, and no "subscription" BS today?

It's what the pros use, so Adobe thought the high price is justified because who's going to buy it outside of studios and people who need it to make a living? Besides, Elements exists, even though it's a handicapped version of Photoshop and lacks a lot of features that can be useful.

They realized that subscriptions can be viable because it looks cheaper to pay a month than to just spend more upfront to own the software outright... the idea to sell the whole Adobe suite to the general public at cheaper prices never occurred to them. So pirate people shall.

 

[Srumab]

I think the shift to subscription only was set back in like 2008 or 2010 thereabouts.

Autodesk got their shit kicked in at court about a dude with extra software keys selling them on Ebay after he closed down shop. Autodesk appealed and lost that too.

That was when the shift to subscription only started being considered. Because if Autodesk, which is a big player in 3d, got their asses waxed in court we don't stand a chance.

 

[Colon capital V]

I remember someone in "Conspiracy Theories you believe in" said Adobe somehow lost the source code to their apps so now they have to justify their shittily optimized apps to have a bunch of features in order to justify how pisspoor it runs, or something along those lines.

 

[Creative Username]

one day adobe will remove the circle tool from photoshop (for "UX" purposes) and gimpchads will finally win because you will still be able to circle select and stroke the selection but nuphotoshop will not have an equivalent for that