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I am so glad that only US-based professional workers are considered worthy of playing with Big Boys' Toys like Adobe products. /s

maxerickson 6y ago
I'm not sure why you are being sarcastic about how a mega-corp approaches business decisions. Of course they do what makes the most money. Part of my point is that people would do well to consider how Adobe approaches the situation before they expend a bunch of emotional energy wishing it were otherwise.
- selfhoster11 6y ago
  That's not the point. The point is that Adobe are being extractive assholes, and they know it. Setting the price point this high basically communicates that they consider anyone unable to pay this much a pleb, where all of their competitors don't. This is quite insulting, considering that we're talking about a graphic manipulation program rather than some hyper-specialised piece of enterprise financial markets software that only a few can use to its fullest.
- Nkuna 6y ago
  > Of course they do what makes the most money. Launching features on iOS/macOS first is a business decision that makes the most money (probably) but it's this very reason I slowly started replacing Adobe software. Adobe XD, especially in the beginning, would leave Android and Windows users in a lurch focusing their efforts primarily on Mac/iPhone users. For instance, real time mobile preview via USB (MISSION CRITICAL!!!!!), a feature requested December 16, 2016 ¹ was implemented on iOS on February 04, 2019. Worse still, this feature works on iDevices but only with a Mac. As of last December when I last checked, this was still not possible on Windows for either mobile platforms. Sure, as late as 2009, users were evenly split between Mac and Windows. Prior, it was more Mac users. It has since changed with majority of Adobe users on Windows. ² So this steadfast commitment to Apple users makes no sense when the majority of your users are on Windows! Switched to Figma once I started using Linux as my daily driver. 1. https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/17453770-android-tethered-usb-mobile-device-preview-on-wi https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature... 2. https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/adobe-cc-os-market-percentage/td-p/8956683 https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/adobe-cc-os-market-...

maxerickson 6y ago

I'm not sure why you are being sarcastic about how a mega-corp approaches business decisions. Of course they do what makes the most money. Part of my point is that people would do well to consider how Adobe approaches the situation before they expend a bunch of emotional energy wishing it were otherwise.

selfhoster11 6y ago
That's not the point. The point is that Adobe are being extractive assholes, and they know it. Setting the price point this high basically communicates that they consider anyone unable to pay this much a pleb, where all of their competitors don't. This is quite insulting, considering that we're talking about a graphic manipulation program rather than some hyper-specialised piece of enterprise financial markets software that only a few can use to its fullest.
Nkuna 6y ago
> Of course they do what makes the most money. Launching features on iOS/macOS first is a business decision that makes the most money (probably) but it's this very reason I slowly started replacing Adobe software. Adobe XD, especially in the beginning, would leave Android and Windows users in a lurch focusing their efforts primarily on Mac/iPhone users. For instance, real time mobile preview via USB (MISSION CRITICAL!!!!!), a feature requested December 16, 2016 ¹ was implemented on iOS on February 04, 2019. Worse still, this feature works on iDevices but only with a Mac. As of last December when I last checked, this was still not possible on Windows for either mobile platforms. Sure, as late as 2009, users were evenly split between Mac and Windows. Prior, it was more Mac users. It has since changed with majority of Adobe users on Windows. ² So this steadfast commitment to Apple users makes no sense when the majority of your users are on Windows! Switched to Figma once I started using Linux as my daily driver. 1. https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/17453770-android-tethered-usb-mobile-device-preview-on-wi https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature... 2. https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/adobe-cc-os-market-percentage/td-p/8956683 https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/adobe-cc-os-market-...