Photoshop ToS grants Adobe access to user projects for 'content moderation'

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Post by typeofhuman » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 11:34 PM UTC

Photoshop ToS grants Adobe access to user projects for 'content moderation'
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Post by 20after4 » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 1:20 AM UTC

If you're still using Adobe's products, stop. Better late than never. Adobe had some great products. Then they over charged for them. Then they required a "cloud" subscription. There are alternatives. Support one of the startups or open source projects that are competing with them. Don't give Adobe another cent.

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Post by vunderba » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 2:04 AM UTC

I migrated away from Adobe after Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the last release before they switched over to a subscription only pricing model.

If you're looking for a Photoshop alternative to break away from the incredibly user hostile relationship with Adobe I can heartily recommend either Krita (open source) or Pixelmator (Mac only).

Pixelmator Pro is my daily driver for image related work and is incredibly snappy and surprisingly full featured for an application that costs a fraction of PS - $50.00 onetime fee.

https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/

https://krita.org/en/

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Post by barbariangrunge » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 2:12 AM UTC

For alternatives, I really liked the affinity suite, but they just got acquired.

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Post by barbariangrunge » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 2:13 AM UTC

> The user agreement also leaves open the possibility to train AI using user-generated content, saying they can use the content they retrieve to “improve our Services and Software“.

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Post by omoikane » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 2:51 AM UTC

vunderba wrote: post #3

I migrated away from Adobe after Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the last release before they switched over to a subscription only pricing model. If you're looking for a Photoshop alternative to break away from the incredibly user hostile relationship with Adobe I can heartily recommend either Krita (open source) or Pixelmator (Mac only). Pixelmator Pro is my daily driver for image related work and is incredibly sn…

I would recommend DxO PhotoLab as an alternative to Adobe Lightroom for a similar reason (perpetual license instead of subscription).

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Post by Brajeshwar » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 2:56 AM UTC

Adobe Photoshop was one of the tools that helped me earn money professionally during my school and college days, so I had a nostalgic relationship with it. Then, I had a good relationship with Adobe in various ways for a long time in the 2000s.

I stopped using such tools long back, but I wanted to keep one handy to remind me of the old days. I found Serif's Affinity[1] to be a good alternative so far. I've been a customer since its beta, and I had to buy once, then an upgrade with their recent v2.0

The other good, light, quick, and easy-to-use alternative is Pixelmator Pro[2]. In the last 4-5 years, I think I have only had to pay for it twice.

1. https://affinity.serif.com/

2. https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/

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Post by Brajeshwar » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 3:04 AM UTC

omoikane wrote: post #6

vunderba wrote: post #3

I migrated away from Adobe after Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the last release before they switched over to a subscription only pricing model. If you're looking for a Photoshop alternative to break away from the incredibly user hostile relationship with Adobe I can heartily recommend either Krita (open source) or Pixelmator (Mac only). Pixelmator Pro is my daily driver for image related work and is incredibly sn…

I would recommend DxO PhotoLab as an alternative to Adobe Lightroom for a similar reason (perpetual license instead of subscription).

I'm a user/subscriber to Skylum for the past few years and it integrates well with macOS Photos. Both Affinity Photos and Pixelmator Pro also integrates with Photos.

I'm not a professional. DxO PhotoLab does looks good especially with their focus on RAW. I plan to start shooting mostly in RAW.

Do DxO plays well with macOS Photos and how does it compare to Skylum's (Neo)?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 3:10 AM UTC

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Post by spacephysics » Thu, Jun 06, 2024, 3:25 AM UTC

barbariangrunge wrote: post #5

> The user agreement also leaves open the possibility to train AI using user-generated content, saying they can use the content they retrieve to “improve our Services and Software“.

They’re double dipping like a lot of these companies. Pay for the service, and use your human made content as valuable training data

Or with something like Reddit use ads to make money then sell api access to human content