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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 Shared404 »

Grakel wrote: post #73
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.

Photopea.com is exactly like photoshop, it's free, web based or download!

That's definitely a good choice for those used to Photoshop, I can barely use PS now, so it's probably not a good fit for me.

Anything to pull from PS's dominance is good though!

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

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Post by ArtDev »

savant_penguin wrote: post #54

Just swap "Adobe cs2" for a car so it gets a lot funnier >>Sir, you are no longer allowed to use your car >But I paid for it! It's my car! >>Our aging servers had to be retired >Can't you just turn off the checking so it won't cost you anything and I can keep using my car? >>No sir, without the checking people would start pirating the car > But you don't even sell this car anymore! So much so you don't even want to k…

Yes, this is the exact issue!

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

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Post by tapland »

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 see people running OSX Lion to run newer CS versions than CS3 because they can’t be installed on operating systems that have gotten security updates in the last five years.

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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 dheera »

manquer wrote: post #70
lsiebert wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really? If you have the disks, you bought a copy of it, just like you bought a copy of a book, not a license to read it's pages.

Modifying the binary is not same as copying . Also given thay Adobe has failed to their side of the agreement, there is some legal standing. Ofcourse it has to be tested in court, unlikely Adobe will even sue if they knew. I don't think they care one way or another. And the customer using cs2 still is unlikely to sue as it's not going to be a large enterprise. This is just laziness from Adobe , older servers take eff…

It's a very long bytearray.

You own a CPU. Because you own that CPU, you get to play gatekeeper and decide which parts of that bytearray go to your CPU and which ones don't. That's not for Adobe to decide.

The bytearray they send you is just a suggestion of what to run on your CPU. They provided you a suggestion in return for a payment.

You don't have to run all of that suggestion. You can selectively run parts of it.

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

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Post by henriquez »

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…

Speaking of UI, I’ve been using Photoshop since 1999 and it’s remarkable how little the UI has changed. Sure there are new panels and features, but the basic layout and most of the keyboard shortcuts are all the same. The consistency and familiarity is really nice but I’m sure they’ve sacrificed a ton of UX potential to keep old farts like me.

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

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Post by firefoxd »

It's 2020, the ipad is 10 years old. It was a revolutionary product. Some people stood in line for hours to be the first to own it. Well that reminds me, i do own one!

Get it out of the closet and ah, the battery is depleted. Who expects it to hold charge after... 8 years? I don't have a cable either. I have lightning though, even usb-c. But nope, it's the old 30 pin charger. Order it online.

Still works! Except, I haven't successfully managed to download a single app. It hangs forever. Same thing for itunes.

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