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Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation (appleinsider.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation::Adobe could face hefty fines related to its overly difficult and costly subscription cancellation practices due to an ongoing Federal Trade Commission Probe.

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[–] TenderfootGungi 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Their terrible business practices is why I refuse to use Adobe. I have heard too many horror stories.

[–] dual_sport_dork 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't found it too tough to remove all Adobe products from my workflow. And not even just by going full Richard Stallman, underpants-on-head raving Free Open Source and subsisting on pinecones and berries in the forest, either.

There's basically nothing Adobe software does that some other company doesn't also offer (or a FOSS alternative, if you don't need to do anything heavy duty). CorelDraw and PhotoPaint are comparable options to replace Illustrator and Photoshop for 2D vector and bitmap manipulation, respectively. DaVinci Resolve or even OpenShot can replace Premiere for the majority of users. And sure as shit nobody needs Acrobat or Reader or whatever the fuck they're calling their PDF package these days; everything supports PDF's natively. The days of Adobe having a stranglehold on that are over.

The only viable excuse for being locked in to Adobe products anymore is if that's what your workplace or school uses and you're stuck with it. Otherwise, they can just fuck off as far as I'm concerned.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Clip Studio Paint and Krita are fantastic options for 2d art, and can be better than Photoshop for drawing and painting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Clip Studio Paint has mostly taken over the small time/independent illustration industry, unless you've got an ipad and use procreate. Krita seems ok, too, though after testing both briefly I preferred CSP.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 2 points 11 months ago

As far as I'm concerned, Adobe's name is mud.