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Adobe backlash is getting louder — time to escape proprietary creative tools? (media.piefed.ca)

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[–] seahag@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've been pirating Photoshop since I was about 12. I ended up moving to Krita when Photoshop decided to stop detecting my pen after I eventually updated to Win11, and I'm glad I did.

My husband even offered to get me an Abobe subscription so I can keep using something I'm familiar with without jumping through hoops to pirate it, but I absolutely refuse to pay a subscription for a programme I should be able to buy outright, and I'd rather just change to something else altogether.

I don't know why every fucking thing has to be a subscription with a shitass company attached to it that keeps fucking over customers.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

with a shitass company attached to it that keeps fucking over customers.

That's the worst part. You're getting the money! Don't you want money? Isn't that the point?!

God damn, at least be rationally evil.

[–] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Subscriptions make constant, monthly passive income. It looks better to investors when you have constant income versus surges whenever you release a product.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Abode: "We should charge money to rotate a PDF. No not the image itself, just rotate view. Gotta make that a paid feature."

[–] RedRibbonArmy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

If you find yourself in this situation, I recommend using PDFGear as a free solution.

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[–] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen is both selfish and short-sighted. Their weak leadership only compounds their problems.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's the modern CEO template

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

For real, and with the apparently boundless innovation and commitment to new heights in corporate disaster we're seeing these days?

Pshaw. This dude is gonna have to destroy his company with a lot more focus and dedication than this to have even a glimpse at the leaderboards.

Pathetic.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a someone who been using either GIMP or pirated CS6 since 2012, havent been keeping hand on an Adobe pulse. What did they do this time? I know about subscription over the one time purchase thing. But what happened recently?

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They're calling it quits on their animation software, and a lot of people who used it in their workflow are very upset.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I see. Just checked a vid of some YouTube animation artist. They just gave Adobe animate 1 month before removing it from suite. Woah... Even Flash had few years to live after a discontinuation announcement.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

I read somewhere that Star Trek Lower Decks and like, Bluey, and other big players used it too.

Like, if Star Trek is using your product, maybe keep it around?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Not just YouTube animators. Professional production companies making scripted televised cartoons use Animate.

It's the animation equivalent of ending Photoshop or Premiere suddenly.

[–] J92@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe hbomberguy's next video is all about Adobe.

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[–] DevilsJaundice@europe.pub 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I loved the Affinity stuff. Had completely replaced Adobe with Affinity before they got bought up and killed off.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Affinity photo isn't dead, they released the suite for free, but did unfortunately inject AI into it, which thankfully you can ignore if you don't pay for it.

However, as with all proprietary products owned by investment corporations, it's currently at the 'capture the market' phase, after which it will enshittify, putting us in the same situation we are with adobe now. The only long-term solution is to adopt and donate to open-source alternatives, like Krita, Scribus, Inkscape, and Kdenlive.

[–] DevilsJaundice@europe.pub 1 points 1 day ago

That's sort of what I meant. I've used the new Affinity software for a bit, and it's technically great. But, at the same time, I know they're not going to keep up with it, especially since it's free. At best, they'll use it to test new AI data farming techniques, but otherwise they'll probably just let it sit and die.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Seriously: quick AI summary since I didn't want to write this all up:

Godot operates on a non-profit, open-source model, supported by donations and corporate sponsorship through the Godot Foundation, rather than a traditional profit-driven software company. It is completely free and open-source under the MIT license, meaning no royalties, seat fees, or revenue cuts are taken from developers.

And Godot is rapidly gaining marketshare, at the cost of Unity:

graph showing marketshare changes of major game engines in last 13 years

Source article

And Valve's success with the Deck seems like it might be a catalyst for Linux going mainstream.

And Europe is making a lot of moves towards digital sovereignty, too.

All signs point to us entering a golden age for open software.

It will be interesting to see how the AI bubble bursting, destroying trillions of dollars of fake tech company paper wealth, affects this transition. I expect it will accelerate the decline of Big Tech.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Sometimes I look at the Unity Game Engine's stock history after that one "destroy all indie gaming" plan, and I remember companies are volatile organizations at the consumers' mercy.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago

Early 2010s I asked the company I worked for to approve some free game engines to be installed. The legal department returned a big no with pages of why Unity should not be allowed in the premises. We proceeded with Unreal, Blender and eventually Godot as tools any employee could install.

Unity was bad back them, it is just that people did not read the agreements and tech sheet. Their new leadership just made that more apparent.

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 98 points 4 days ago (16 children)

Wow. Thor really is an asshole.

This message brought to you by an open-source animator. Krita, Blender, and OpenToonz for all.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

B-b-b-but he used to work for Blizzard dontcha know!

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[–] rozodru@piefed.social 34 points 3 days ago

Proton and Pirate Software gloating over the "downfall" of another...misery loves company I guess.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Adobe is utter garbage. I hate that they have the market cornered. Their monthly subscription model is infuriating.

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (30 children)

Adobe, Proton and Pirate Software - could we have one account that's not completely terrible?

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[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What alternative do we have ? Affinity was bought by canva years ago.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Krita for painting/drawing/animating, Gimp for Photoshop stuff, scribus for desktop publishing, and Kdenlive for video editing.

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[–] wattt@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Affinity is now offered for free by Canva

[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Free until ...

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