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I assume they helped grow new markets and Adobe had to pivot into these “new” markets. All the old users of Adobe are still the users of Adobe. But most new ent
by 1cvmask 6y ago
I assume they helped grow new markets and Adobe had to pivot into these “new” markets. All the old users of Adobe are still the users of Adobe. But most new entrants have grown up with new approaches like Canva etc..... I remember when GIMP was the only “credible” alternative to Adobe (acquiring competitors like Macromedia etc). Now there are dozens of alternatives.
- nicoburns 6y ago> All the old users of Adobe are still the users of Adobe That's definitely not true. Some niches like photo manipulation are still Adobe, but Adobe tools used to be the goto for Web Design and now they're not. Closer to the truth is that Adobe stopped development on their tool in this area (Fireworks), which opened up the market for competitors (primarily Sketch, and the later Figma), who did indeed bring their own innovations. And only later realised their mistake.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoAdobe keep doing really, really stupid things. The latest Photoshop update removed some of the tools from the toolbar. Some of the tools have been there for decades, and regular users have their locations in muscle memory. When you're done wondering why you've lost your way in a product you've used since the 90s, you can get the tools back by by Googling and changing a magic setting in the prefs. But it's hard to be too offensive about a company that can do something like that in the name of "development", while leaving many of Photoshop's more annoying warts unattended.