cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

  • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
    17·
    2 years ago

    Are you kidding - they basically invented the problem. They were one of the first to move to the “rent your software” model way back when

  • Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    “Whoa there!”

    Go fuck yourself with that fellow kids corporate speak. That pisses me off so much, way more than it probably should.

  • nobeansplz@lemmy.ml
    12·
    2 years ago

    I have been removing Adobe from my life starting way back with Flash, long before it was discontinued. Then Acrobat and the final thing to go was when I switched to Affinity Photo and Designer and ditched Photoshop. It works every bit as well for me but I never was a Photoshop power user. For a long time the only company that showed up when I searched online to see if my email had been pwned was of course Adobe and that was over a decade ago.

  • Catpuccino@lemmy.one
    12·
    2 years ago

    This is exactly why I switched from Photoshop to Affinity. It’s just as good and somewhat even better than PS and it’s a one time purchase forever. I will never look back.

    • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
      8·
      2 years ago

      That part makes me so mad. I get it if its a “Firefox doesn’t support all the webgl features chrome does” problem, but when its just “we said so, that’s why” its just absolute total bullshit

  • clobubba@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    I’m tired of professional products using such grossly unprofessional language. “Whoa there!” Fuck off.

  • blunderworld@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Hear hear. If you make the mistake of subscribing to Adobe canceling is like pulling teeth. Can’t stand them as a company.

  • frippa@lemmy.ml
    6·
    2 years ago

    Fuck Adobe, not supporting Linux, and now not even supporting Firefox, the once most used browser? Whoever pirates their crappy software deserves a statue.

  • Gork@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 years ago

    Adobe has been a constant frustration for me. I was having issues with Acrobat DC on Windows 10 and ended up having to uninstall the 64 bit version and installing the legacy 32 bit version in its place.

    I want to use something else for PDF editing but our company refuses to consider alternatives.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
    5·
    2 years ago

    This is the main issue with that web DRM “security” shit that Google is trying to push. They have such a great market share now that big websites can now afford to put a check “only for Chrome” losing a very small percentage of users

  • Hillmarsh@lemmy.ml
    4·
    2 years ago

    Proprietary software has basically just turned into a giant grift and it makes me not want to use any of it anymore.

    • Matengor@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      I tried Gimp for a longer time, too, but I could not get used to the complicated layer management, missing layer effects & layer adjustment features. I will try out Affinity.

    • swellow the sun@lemmy.sdfeu.orgEnglish
      01·
      2 years ago

      It’s not an one-time purchase. I bought Affinity Photo for this purpose and then they released Affinity 2, and it wasn’t a free upgrade for Affinity 1 owners.

      I’m not buying Affinity 2 and buying every new release just like Parallels do. I’d rather stick with the old version or take a shot on Gimp instead.

        • fuzzzerd@programming.dev
          1·
          2 years ago

          Yes you can. Paying for a major upgraded version is the alternative to an evergreen subscription, but allows you to milk more usage out of your purchase if you don’t need the latest and greatest.

          Expecting a one time purchase to entitle you to updates forever is asinine.

  • onlooker@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    Any software company that uses monthly subscriptions as their business model can fuck right off. Let us own what we buy.

  • Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 years ago

    Adobe needs to fuck off and die already. Lots of bad business practices like the subscription model were popularized by them.

    • EonNShadow@pawb.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      Unfortunately they’re still a default app in the business world. Basically everyone at least uses Reader if only because it’s what people expect when they open a PDF.