Futurology @futurology.today Lugh @futurology.today 9mo ago

People Aren't Happy With Adobe's Spyware-Like TOS Update: Users of Photoshop, Substance 3D, and other Adobe products are now required to provide the company with unlimited access to their projects.

80.lv People Aren't Happy With Adobe's Spyware-Like Terms of Service Update

Users of Photoshop, Substance 3D, and other Adobe products are now required to provide the company with unlimited access to their creations.

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The only question is will they unsubscribe. If they won't then it doesn't matter. Their happiness is irrelevant to Adobe.
- It's industry standard so they can't unless they want to be unemployable.
  
  It's why Adobe is doing this shit to begin with.
- No they don't
  
  And therein lies the problem. People have started whining an awful lot without a single change in their behavior. It's akin to the old joke "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"
Not sure I consider this futurology, but I definitely consider people that willingly use Adobe products silly.
- Not sure I consider this futurology,
  
  Yeah, its borderline. But I posted it as the the excuse/reasoning centers around AI. Microsoft's plan for 'Recall' are a huge invasion of privacy and stem from use of AI too. It's the topic of AI & privacy that merits discussion.
  
  I'd say it's more c/BoringDystopia
- Are there viable alternatives for their products?
  
  There’s some in this giant list of free alternative software / web services to popular paid ones https://slrpnk.net/post/10162152
  
  Yes, though for certain things, Adobe products are the industry standard and there's no way to escape that. For others, it just requires learning new apps. There was a great discussion about GIMP the other day for example.
  
  I like FireAlpaca, myself
  
  Affinity Suite.
  
  But they have recently been purchased by a different company, so everyone's waiting to see how that pans out.
  
  Gimp is good for begginer/pre-amateurs, but the core of it is rotten and not fit for any serious work with color.
- I’ve never given this much thought, since it’s not closely related to my work or hobbies, but now that I have, I agree completely.
Sounds like breech of IP. If I were running a company with any IP I wouldn’t allow that.
Gotta love piracy
Sucks to be them, I'm still using Photoshop 3.05 on a Mac Quadra.
Enshittification...
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Funnilly enough my standalone Substance Designer purchased in 2018 before they were taken over by Adobe works fine and doesn't have any TOS changes.

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