cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

  • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
    112·
    11 months ago

    “Whoa there!”

    Go fuck yourself with that fellow kids corporate speak. That pisses me off so much, way more than it probably should.

  • frippa@lemmy.ml
    98·
    11 months ago

    Fuck Adobe, not supporting Linux, and now not even supporting Firefox, the once most used browser? Whoever pirates their crappy software deserves a statue.

          • wvstolzing@lemmy.ml
            12·
            11 months ago

            The pdf standard is open, though criminally bloated. Their pdf software (‘pro’ as well as the freemium ‘reader’ which looks like adware nowadays) is used only because it’s the most lenient with respect to files barely complying with the ‘standard’ – which includes things like application forms from government agencies.

            … that is, if they can be said to ‘own’ the pdf format, it’s only because they smeared it all over with their shit. A bit like how hippos mark their territory, I guess.

              • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
                4·
                11 months ago

                Yup, I know Okular (KDE’s PDF tool) at least works. I don’t know if it works on Windows or macOS, but I’m sure there are other tools that do.

                • wanderingmagus@lemm.ee
                  4·
                  11 months ago

                  Thanks! I’ll look it up and try it out. Getting real tired of having to use shady web apps to get around something I have to do regularly as part of my job but for some unfathomable reason isn’t a default app on every computer where I work.

      • frippa@lemmy.ml
        16·
        11 months ago

        Normalize using pirated proprietary software for professional work😉

  • onlooker@lemmy.ml
    70·
    11 months ago

    Any software company that uses monthly subscriptions as their business model can fuck right off. Let us own what we buy.

  • Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee
    64·
    11 months ago

    Adobe needs to fuck off and die already. Lots of bad business practices like the subscription model were popularized by them.

    • EonNShadow@pawb.social
      10·
      11 months ago

      Unfortunately they’re still a default app in the business world. Basically everyone at least uses Reader if only because it’s what people expect when they open a PDF.

  • finder@sopuli.xyz
    58·
    11 months ago

    Are we surprised that Adobe is doing this? Adobe is exactly who I would’ve suspected adapting this bullshit immediately.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
    48·
    11 months ago

    This is the main issue with that web DRM “security” shit that Google is trying to push. They have such a great market share now that big websites can now afford to put a check “only for Chrome” losing a very small percentage of users

    • CuriousGoo@beehaw.org
      1·
      11 months ago

      This very small percentage of users anyway would be privy to alternative to Adobe’s stack ?

      Concern will perhaps be mainly for getting new users on FF/other browsers from Chromium.

    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I haven’t checked, but I’d guess it’s because of some non-standard feature that only Chromium supports, not because of user-agent.

      • 6xpipe_@lemmy.world
        10·
        11 months ago

        In my experience, companies typically use this message because they only officially support/test on the listed browsers. They block out any other browser to cut down on support emails. If you spoof your user agent so the site thinks you’re using a supported browser, somewhere between 95%-100% of the functionality will usually work just fine.

  • traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
    488·
    11 months ago

    I switched completely to Affinity Serif design suite and never looked back. One time purchase with free updates, much better.

    You could switch to GIMP + InkScape, but I tried it as well and wasn’t enough for my usage. Huge learning curve and a lot of missing features.

    • Matengor@lemmy.ml
      16·
      11 months ago

      I tried to use Gimp to, but I could not get used to the complicated layer management and missing layer effects & layer adjustment features. I will try out Affinity.

      • traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
        108·
        11 months ago

        If you’re used to Adobe stuff should be easier to migrate to Affinity stuff. The fact they’re MUCH cheaper should also help

      • Sparrow@pawb.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        It took me a ridiculously long time to switch to GIMP and If I wasn’t all in for FOSS I wouldn’t have done it. I really can’t imagine any of the designers I know using it full time.

      • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
        2·
        11 months ago

        Unfortunately not because it’s not a normal exe file but it’s installing as a side loaded “windows store uwp app” (I don’t know the exact term)

      • traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
        18·
        11 months ago

        Sadly, no. I’ve checked and unfortunately people can’t get to work it.

        You can still check it, some time has passed and people might have figured out some solution.

    • Efwis@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Huge learning curve and a lot of missing features.

      I have found most of the “high learning curve” is based more on work flow. Muscle memory can screw with you when trying to learn a new piece of software. I used to use Dreamweaver back in the day when I was on winblows, made the switch to Linux started using bluefish and had to change my work flow which was hard to learn because I was indoctrinated in the way dreamweaver worked. Actually had to relearn some aspects of web design since I had gotten used to the convenience of dreamweavers macros that were pre-installed

    • swellow the sun@lemmy.sdfeu.orgEnglish
      62·
      11 months ago

      It’s not an one-time purchase. I bought Affinity Photo for this purpose and then they released Affinity 2, and it wasn’t a free upgrade for Affinity 1 owners.

      I’m not buying Affinity 2 and buying every new release just like Parallels do. I’d rather stick with the old version or take a shot on Gimp instead.

  • valkyre09@lemmy.world
    34·
    11 months ago

    Not supporting Firefox is WAY down the list of crimes Adobe has committed against their customers. I’m not all surprised by this post

  • tooLikeTheNope@lemmy.ml
    31·
    11 months ago

    Adobe, a company which developed nothing but just bought off 3rd party software by acquiring the actual developing company, and stitched everything together somehow, like a Frankenstein’s Creature, and finally sold it as a service.

    Thank you, but no thank you.

    Same applies for Autodesk.