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One big reason is that a lot of big, old, monolithic software doesn’t deal well with the concept of sandboxing, and the Mac App Store requires that apps have sa

One big reason is that a lot of big, old, monolithic software doesn’t deal well with the concept of sandboxing, and the Mac App Store requires that apps have sandboxing enabled. Adobe for example installs junk all over your system with creative suite apps, and that wouldn’t be allowed with sandboxing on. Many system APIs are also restricted or unavailable with sandboxing on.

newsbinator 8y ago
Since Adobe products aren't strictly necessary for any of my work, that's the primary reason I use alternatives now: the junk all over the system, the constant calls home for updates, and the hidden little launchers.
- sneak 8y ago
  What alternatives do you use for Premiere and After Effects?
  - w14 8y ago
    Maybe have a look at Davinci Resolve.
  - webwielder2 8y ago
    Apple Final Cut and Motion
  - newsbinator 8y ago
    This might be peripheral, but I use ScreenFlow not only for screen casting, but also surprisingly robust video editing (from blank canvas).
- kitsunesoba 8y ago
  Same here, I steer clear of Adobe where I can. I have licenses for Pixelmator, Affinty Photo, Sketch, and Affinity Designer. Between the four my needs are always met and their combined cost is both static and lower than what a CC subscription would mount up to.
- eberkund 8y ago
  Are you a fan of the Affinity products?
  - newsbinator 8y ago
    Huge fan! Earlier versions of Designer were buggy, but it's improving. It's still not great at .ai imports though.
egypturnash 8y ago
At this point I wonder how loathe Adobe would be to lose the promotional channel direct to their users that their current model offers. Half the time when the Adobe installer raises an alert it’s to say “hey check out this webinar” instead of “software update time” and I hate it. I will certainly agree that their stuff is gonna need a lot of work before it can live in nice tight little packages. It sprawls everywhere, it needs places to put plugins and their files, changing this is a big enough task that it probably qualifies as a major feature for a new release and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it be unstable around some edge cases for months

newsbinator 8y ago

Since Adobe products aren't strictly necessary for any of my work, that's the primary reason I use alternatives now: the junk all over the system, the constant calls home for updates, and the hidden little launchers.

sneak 8y ago
What alternatives do you use for Premiere and After Effects?
- w14 8y ago
  Maybe have a look at Davinci Resolve.
- webwielder2 8y ago
  Apple Final Cut and Motion
- newsbinator 8y ago
  This might be peripheral, but I use ScreenFlow not only for screen casting, but also surprisingly robust video editing (from blank canvas).
kitsunesoba 8y ago
Same here, I steer clear of Adobe where I can. I have licenses for Pixelmator, Affinty Photo, Sketch, and Affinity Designer. Between the four my needs are always met and their combined cost is both static and lower than what a CC subscription would mount up to.
eberkund 8y ago
Are you a fan of the Affinity products?
- newsbinator 8y ago
  Huge fan! Earlier versions of Designer were buggy, but it's improving. It's still not great at .ai imports though.

egypturnash 8y ago

At this point I wonder how loathe Adobe would be to lose the promotional channel direct to their users that their current model offers. Half the time when the Adobe installer raises an alert it’s to say “hey check out this webinar” instead of “software update time” and I hate it. I will certainly agree that their stuff is gonna need a lot of work before it can live in nice tight little packages. It sprawls everywhere, it needs places to put plugins and their files, changing this is a big enough task that it probably qualifies as a major feature for a new release and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it be unstable around some edge cases for months