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You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by prox »

interestica wrote: post #76

I seriously think this was the last straw for Adobe and I. I just wanted to install an older version of an app (that I've paid for!) on an older computer. I've literally spent thousands of dollars on software that I can no longer use for no reason other than that they will no longer allow me to. The worst part seems to be that they've just killed links and information about this - so you have people presuming they ca…

I switched to Affinity completely, and I also slowly see some people in the industry change. And for video, DaVinci Resolve. There might be cases were you’re tied to CS, but the bulk of the work can be done in these apps.

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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cheeze wrote: post #104
egonschiele wrote: post #77

In the last month I've returned two pieces of Adobe software and canceled a yearly subscription. I've been seeing ads for the AI features in photoshop all over twitter this week. It's pretty clear what their business strategy is -- just keep working on the tech and assume people will buy their software because it's the only one with the hot tech thing. It's ironic that for a company that caters to designers, artists…

As someone who has used both quite a bit, IMO Procreate is nice, and very good for certain things, but not even close to Photoshop. If I can't run it on a desktop computer, big fat meh.

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Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by skohan »

Shared404 wrote: post #45
walrus01 wrote: post #28

Alexa, show me how to drive a significant portion of your customer base towards unashamed piracy.

Or better yet, an open source alternative. I like both GIMP and Krita. The problem with piracy is that it still ends up with more people knowing the proprietary software, and thus helps it keep the position cemented.

I have tried to use GIMP, but in my experience the UI is just so unintuitive and hard to use.

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by prox »

cheeze wrote: post #104
egonschiele wrote: post #77

In the last month I've returned two pieces of Adobe software and canceled a yearly subscription. I've been seeing ads for the AI features in photoshop all over twitter this week. It's pretty clear what their business strategy is -- just keep working on the tech and assume people will buy their software because it's the only one with the hot tech thing. It's ironic that for a company that caters to designers, artists…

As someone who has used both quite a bit, IMO Procreate is nice, and very good for certain things, but not even close to Photoshop. If I can't run it on a desktop computer, big fat meh.

Another Affinity vote here. Basically everything I did in PS, can do in Photo. It’s ridiculously good for a version 1. Also they made 8 updates without paying anything extra.

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by ed25519FUUU »

skohan wrote: post #193
Shared404 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or better yet, an open source alternative. I like both GIMP and Krita. The problem with piracy is that it still ends up with more people knowing the proprietary software, and thus helps it keep the position cemented.

I have tried to use GIMP, but in my experience the UI is just so unintuitive and hard to use.

I tried to use gimp and I really wanted to like it, but I can’t. It’s clumsy and looks like death. I’d rather pay for something more polished.

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by olivermarks »

A brief history of 'creative suites', ie commercial design studios pre computers: cowgum, rotring pens, scalpels, line board for camera ready art, process cameras The first macs: Cracked expensive Aldus and Adobe software Internet era: Macromedia, Adobe software, usually several versions old, sometimes cracked Turn of century: Adobe DVD installed software Adobe creative suite post 4 era: end of DVD installers, rental per month software, diminishing userbase Now: Macs running operating systems from 10 years ago running Adobe Creative Suite 3 & 4, + rented by the month current Adobe creative suite, steep learning curve, useful for file sending, learning new features when not busy

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by risyachka »

prox wrote: post #191
interestica wrote: post #76

I seriously think this was the last straw for Adobe and I. I just wanted to install an older version of an app (that I've paid for!) on an older computer. I've literally spent thousands of dollars on software that I can no longer use for no reason other than that they will no longer allow me to. The worst part seems to be that they've just killed links and information about this - so you have people presuming they ca…

I switched to Affinity completely, and I also slowly see some people in the industry change. And for video, DaVinci Resolve. There might be cases were you’re tied to CS, but the bulk of the work can be done in these apps.

There is nothing standing in their way to do the same with their software in a couple of years.

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by asmosoinio »

firecall wrote: post #179
ajxs wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...just thought I'd mention here that I have my contact information in mine.

... and I always make sure mine is in my profile too! You know... just in case!

Actually it's not, you need to add it to your about text for it to be visible.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=firecall in an incognito browser window.

Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

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Post by 3np »

Lammy wrote: post #49

There are special no-activation-required versions of the entire CS2 and CS3 product line! Adobe killed the product activation servers for CS2 products in 2013, and for CS3 products in 2017. For CS2, they offered Activation-free replacement installers and generic serial numbers on their support page. This resulted in a bunch of press[0] about it being a /!\ omg completely free Creative Suite /!\, so for CS3's 2017 shu…

Do you still have those installers, and if so, would you be able to post checksums of them?
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