the Rise and Fall of Adobe

Jazza
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Jazza, a professional artist and YouTuber, tells the story of Adobe's growth and decline from a creative's point of view. He covers subscription pricing, locked-in users and the effect on the software people use every day.

HN resurfaces it whenever Adobe or design-tool lock-in comes up, as the user's view that investors come first once a company has a captive audience.

“Good open-source tools for design are so necessary”
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#adobe#creativesoftware#subscriptions#lock-in#open-sourcealternatives

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@emmanueloga_2024 · in “Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen”
I think you're being a bit too generous with Adobe here :-). I shared this before, but it's worth resharing [1]. It covers the experience of a professional artist using Adobe tools. The gist is that once a company has a captive audience with no alternatives, investors come first. Flashy (no pun intended :-p), cool features to impress investors become more important than the everyday user experience—and this feature does look super cool! -- 1: ▶ this video
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@sensanaty2024 · in “The Rise and Fall of Adobe [video]”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@emmanueloga_2024 · in “Show HN: Graphite, a Blender-inspired 2D procedural design Rust app”
Wow this looks fantastic! Good open-source tools for design are so necessary [1]. You should probably add Graphite to this list [2]. I'll definitely try Graphite and follow its progress. Good luck! -- 1: ▶ this video 2: link
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