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Adobe Cuts Perpetual License for Elements from Lifetime down to just three years (petapixel.com)

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Among the most significant changes with this year’s Elements releases has little to do with new features but instead concerns the ways users purchase and own the software. While prior versions of Photoshop and Premiere Elements have been lifetime licenses — the user buys the software and then owns it indefinitely — this year’s release has moved to a three-year license term.

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[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Literally everyone hates Adobe. At this point I'm shocked there hasn't been a consortium of companies pushing for alternatives.

It's not even just about the money. So many companies rely on a workflow and business model that Adobe can change on a whim at literally any time they like. That's a level of trust I'm surprised that so many companies and governments are completely fine with.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 49 points 3 hours ago

Fuck Adobe. They are the epitome of the greedy, toxic software company.

I switched from Photoshop over to Krita last year. I've tried Gimp in the past, but just can't adjust to the UI. Krita is different too, but not to the same degree. I've been enjoying it. It's well-made and very powerful, with very good online support.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 15 points 2 hours ago

Can recommend the Affinity suite for anyone looking for some good alternatives.

Darktable is alright for LightRoom replacement as well.

[-] nnullzz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Swapped to the Affinity suite a few months ago and have been loving it. DaVinci Resolve replaced Premiere. Still having trouble finding a decent After Effects replacement though. I’ve been eyeing Natron but haven’t tried it yet.

[-] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

What does natron offer that you would use it over fusion (in davinci resolve)?

[-] nnullzz@lemmy.world 2 points 30 minutes ago

To be honest, I never considered fusion to be the same thing. But I guess it is. Hmm. Thanks for that insight. I’m going to look into fusions features more.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 2 hours ago

Oh yeah resolve is great as well. Love how they all have iPad apps too, moved so much of my workflow to the couch.

[-] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago

Second recommendation for Affinity Photo as a Photoshop replacement. 👍

[-] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 57 points 5 hours ago

At this point, I treat Adobe like malware on my personal systems.

Enshittification seems to be accelerating.

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 10 points 3 hours ago

they said, linking to an LLM-generated song

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 hours ago

YSK: you also don't own games on steam, it’s all licenses and they can all be revoked.

That is why i archive ~~pirated~~ DRM-free copies of some games i know i will come back to for Nostalgia in many years.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Note that a lot of games on steam don't have any DRM, either. It's probable that if you have large library, a lot of your installed games will run without steam, if you go and start them from their exe.

So you can likely archive at least some of your steam games by simply keeping them installed, or even squirreling away the install folder somewhere.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

and own

Age you sure?

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

The scummyness of this company knows no bounds.

[+] endofline@lemmy.ca -8 points 2 hours ago

Perpetual licenses are just scams. It's always startup type trick to get new clients during on-boarding phase for startups. It should be forbidden. It was similar for uber when they were undercutting opponents with their under the cost prices

[-] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 1 hour ago

"Perpetual licenses" are what used to be called "normal sales." Every "licensing" scheme except perpetual ones are scams!

[-] endofline@lemmy.ca -3 points 32 minutes ago

No, they are just impossible to offer. Imagine such a license given to company which can "live" for centuries. Impossible. Perpetual licenses are almost impossible to offer. If they are possible it's calculated that 99.999% of them will last than the expected timefrime np 3 years

[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 4 points 16 minutes ago

A perpetual license doesn't mean the company supports it forever; you know that, right? I have a copy of Quickbooks 2015 that I got the license key for from a closing company for about $25. I will never have to pay another dime for it, it's a perpetual license and will run indefinitely. I just don't get any updates at all, and I can't run anything that requires updates or subscriptions like payroll or advanced features. But that's absolutely fine for my purposes and works the same for many, many people. This is how things should be - if I'm fine with using an outdated version, there is zero reason I need a subscription license.

[-] endofline@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 minutes ago

Once again if you bought a product ( like boxed software version ) yes ( with no support ). If you bought a service it's impossible. People still believe that something may be free

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 20 minutes ago

I can easily imagine it. I've still got boxes full of software on floppy disks and CD-ROMs that I "perpetually licensed" (a.k.a. bought), so don't try to bullshit me that it isn't possible!

[-] endofline@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 minutes ago

Because it's a product ( CD ROM ) not service ( gog or steam ) so don't bulshit me

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