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Hi,

today I spent the whole day getting rid of all my Adobe Creative Cloud Software and cancelling my CC plan. I have used CC for more than 10 years now and paid for it and finally they have pushed me over the edge.

Their latest Terms Of Service ask you to agree, that they may search all your files and take any content and image they see fit and use it for unclear purposes. (No joke). Artists are leaving in droves.

Affinity used that Adobe dumpster fire in a clever way and offered their entire Suite for 50% off (89.99 USD). No subscription, just plain install. Tried it out, works 99% like Photoshop, can read all my assets, comes with a Photo Editing App an awesome Vector Design App and Desktop Publish App on Top.

Never going back to Adobe. Computer boots quicker too.

Enough rant....Now I'll go and buy a new DeLonghi Espresso Machine because I need that to cool off... :)

Will resume work tomorrow (maybe make a few Poledance renders today still over a nice Latte Macchiato...)

y.v.

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Donniels

hmm.. does Affinity require an account to work? and can it be used without internet?

y.v.

You need an account for purchasing / downloading it but it works 100% offline. And the installed version is valid in perpetuity (as long as your OS allows). Works on Win, Mac and and it works on ipad too.

Alex Dubois

As a coffee and privacy enthusiast, this post is 100% right up my alley. 😂

Oilyfeind

> Now I'll go and buy a new DeLonghi Espresso Machine because I need that to cool off... :) Well you'll be saving a bunch if money away from Adobe so worth imo. I still never forgave them for moving to a subscription model.

Joss

A DeLonghi, someone with taste for sure :) And for Adobe it doesn't surprise me they are popular and they use it to push more every time. They are a lot of of people who won't even read what they aggred to so... Nice if you to have seen the trick ^^ (sorry for my english, it's not my native language ^^')

Baron Ned

Got to love these companies fumbling their products in the name of greed. I'm currently looking into alternatives myself, primarily for video editing.

OldBowhunter

That's just wrong on all accounts. In the long run Adobe will regret this because of the loose of paying customers. Enjoy the coffee

Gideon Lamarr

A person who nows how to fuel - I'm Illy fuelled. I'll definitely have a look at affinity

Scipio

they are banking on most people not reading the TOS enabling them to basically steal intellectual property.

Danlorn

Yea, fuck adobe for that crap, mate! I kinda felt bad for pirating their soft since forever, but now it feels 100% fair and only option😅

Tor7

That's awesome to hear. I used PS back in the CS2 - ...CS5(?) . Once they went to the cloud & monthly subscription, I stopped upgrading. Yeah the old one is clunky, but it still does what I needed it too. I'll check out Affinity. It'll be nice to have software made in this decade. lol