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Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable

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Re: Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable

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Post by wruza »

nsomaru wrote: post #163
rangibaby wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A reminder that you never have to worry about ANY of this bullshit if you pirate the software

Except the peace of mind and running arbitrary code part

It's true only if you find torrents "in the wild". You can lurk/participate in an established torrent forum which gives you user reports, discussions, seeder score and a community mindset instead of a c00l w4r3z download mindset in general. Idk of english or international ones, but only because I never looked for one. TPB and KAT are not good examples, cause these look(-ed) like boards rather than forums, although I never had any issues with using them either.

In addition to gp's point: After settling my income I began buying software (games mostly) on steam/etc to support studios I like, but it is still much easier to torrent it afterwards and to not deal with bs that stores represent. I never realized before how much hassle it is to own a legal version of everything. You pay your money and they don't even bother of your convenience or digital rights, only theirs. Recently I bought starcrart remastered (without torrenting) and that battle.net downloads over 200mb over my adsl line every flipping time I try to run it. As a result, I just watch falcon pal match reviews at youtube and never run it. Blizzard deserved that money for sure, but man isn't that stupid.

Re: Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable

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Post by rkangel »

Aachen wrote: post #210
AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently signed up for adobe CC to test out premiere for some video editing work (side note, Final Cut is better) and instead of inputting a real card I used a privacy.com one. When I decided I didn't want it, I just disabled the privacy card. I only have to deal with a few annoying emails from adobe. I didn't even bother trying to cancel. Reading your comment makes me realize how smart that was.

Is that legal in the USA? Entering into a purchase agreement ("koopovereenkomst", not sure if I'm translating the jargon correctly) and then just not paying? Because that's certainly not legal where I live. I understand that the odds of repercussions are small and that there are no damages on Adobe's side since you haven't physically taken their goods so it would probably have to be taken up by the public prosecutor…

No, it's almost certainly not legal. They're unlikely to pursue for damages though, and it doesn't feel unethical to me.

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Post by rimliu »

AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #116
Brajeshwar wrote: post #98

In another story, I needed Lightroom for about a week to do some photo work. I started with their subscription for the month and I wanted to let go if I'm done in the first month. While trying to cancel my subscription, I realize I can only do that after paying for the remaining 11 months (rough calculation). With no other option, I paid my penalty and left Adobe for good. I have deleted my 15+ year old Adobe account…

I recently signed up for adobe CC to test out premiere for some video editing work (side note, Final Cut is better) and instead of inputting a real card I used a privacy.com one. When I decided I didn't want it, I just disabled the privacy card. I only have to deal with a few annoying emails from adobe. I didn't even bother trying to cancel. Reading your comment makes me realize how smart that was.

For video editing you can always try DaVinci Resolve. Free and very powerfull. There are some limitations, but they will very likely not be important for "some editing" work.

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Post by gerhardi »

muldvarp wrote: post #235
AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently signed up for adobe CC to test out premiere for some video editing work (side note, Final Cut is better) and instead of inputting a real card I used a privacy.com one. When I decided I didn't want it, I just disabled the privacy card. I only have to deal with a few annoying emails from adobe. I didn't even bother trying to cancel. Reading your comment makes me realize how smart that was.

> side note, Final Cut is better For anyone not doing professional video editing work I can definitely recommend DaVinci Resolve. The basic version is completely free and is extremely powerful.

DaVinci Resolve free version should provide enough functionality and powerful features for even most professional work! DaVinci is a product I'll happily promote. I feel that the software somehow flies "too much under the radar": if you don't know where to look for and seek free video editing software, you end up easily in a swamp of terrible freemium software even when DaVinci Resolve is easily available.

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Post by rimliu »

nullify88 wrote: post #234
AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently signed up for adobe CC to test out premiere for some video editing work (side note, Final Cut is better) and instead of inputting a real card I used a privacy.com one. When I decided I didn't want it, I just disabled the privacy card. I only have to deal with a few annoying emails from adobe. I didn't even bother trying to cancel. Reading your comment makes me realize how smart that was.

For those not in the USA and with a Revolut card, you can activate a virtual card in the app, register with and then dispose of. I did this for the free month of linkedn gold or whatever its called.

You do not even have to dispose it. You basciall have a single-use card. When it is used, another one is generated.

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Post by capableweb »

muldvarp wrote: post #235
AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently signed up for adobe CC to test out premiere for some video editing work (side note, Final Cut is better) and instead of inputting a real card I used a privacy.com one. When I decided I didn't want it, I just disabled the privacy card. I only have to deal with a few annoying emails from adobe. I didn't even bother trying to cancel. Reading your comment makes me realize how smart that was.

> side note, Final Cut is better For anyone not doing professional video editing work I can definitely recommend DaVinci Resolve. The basic version is completely free and is extremely powerful.

I second this recommendation, especially if you deal a lot with 4K footage (no need for proxy videos that both Premiere and After Effects needs to not be janky) and color grading, as it's amazing in DaVinci Resolve.

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Post by rimliu »

wincent wrote: post #238
jseliger wrote: post #138

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CaptureOne as well: https://www.captureone.com/en/ although their interface is not as good.

Another nice thing about Capture One is the speed.

Especially if you do tethered shooting. Many photographers switeched to it for that reason (among the others).

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Post by te_chris »

drcongo wrote: post #256
te_chris wrote: post #205

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It looks like they want to charge me the same as Lightroom but without the seamless cloud storage.

Seamless is a weird word to use in the context of the posted article.

Because it is. I only upload on the desktop and I dump a card full of RAWs and then can deal with them as if it's nothing.

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Post by StavrosK »

jseliger wrote: post #138
Brajeshwar wrote: post #98

In another story, I needed Lightroom for about a week to do some photo work. I started with their subscription for the month and I wanted to let go if I'm done in the first month. While trying to cancel my subscription, I realize I can only do that after paying for the remaining 11 months (rough calculation). With no other option, I paid my penalty and left Adobe for good. I have deleted my 15+ year old Adobe account…

CaptureOne as well: https://www.captureone.com/en/ although their interface is not as good.

I find the interface, speed and functionality of C1 better than LR's. I've switched to it completely and never looked back, I can recommend it unreservedly.
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