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> The point most are missing is that, $600/annum maynot be a big deal for a company, but it is a huge deal for an individual designer. There was a theory, back
by vosper 6y ago
> The point most are missing is that, $600/annum maynot be a big deal for a company, but it is a huge deal for an individual designer.
There was a theory, back before the subscription era, that the reason stolen/fake Photoshop license keys would work across multiple versions was that Adobe actually wanted people to be using pirated Photoshop at home. The people pirating Photoshop were theorised to turn into the same people who'd demand it at their workplaces, and Adobe was quite happy to go cash in on the corporate licensing. Easily piratable Photoshop was a free training program for future Adobe customers, who weren't going to pay for a copy to use at home, anyway.
Who knows if there's any truth to that, but it doesn't work in the subscription era, which definitely opens up some space for competition.
- ndiddy 6y agoIt also allowed Adobe to wipe out competition that was targeted towards the home market (why would you pay $99 for Paint Shop Pro when you could pirate Photoshop for free?)
- grawprog 6y agoEven when it comes to open source. There's been many people I've recommended gimp to who insisted on pirating Photoshop instead. These are people who would balk at the idea of downloading a song illegally or pirating most software, but somehow Photoshop was different. Not professionals or people who needed advanced unavailable features or anything, people doing tasks easily accomplishable with gimp. Simple image editing and stuff.
- toxicFork 6y agoGimp was really really horrible in UX though
- cbozeman 6y agoBecause GIMP was and is a pile of garbage in terms of UI and UX. The same fate of entirely too much open source software. If it looks like trash and is difficult to learn, people are going to give up on it.
- edoceo 6y agoGimp is getting better tho.
- cbozeman 6y agoIt is true that miracles never cease.
- aabbcc1241 6y agoBut it works
- ksec 6y ago>These are people who would balk at the idea of downloading a song illegally or pirating most software, but somehow Photoshop was different. Because the moral compass suggest Adobe is big, evil greedy for profit company so stealing from them makes you feel less guilty. And since everyone is doing it and it becomes a norm then why not do it?
- smcnally 6y agoOne early Adobe exec explicitly spoke of pirates as building product mindshare and as sales funnel. Couldn’t find those quotes, but did see the concepts have been researched and codified: > Based on research conducted by Microsoft, Adobe and Disney … 83 percent of all pirates in mature markets are opportunistic and legally-inclined and will pay for software. https://www.cleverbridge.com/corporate/software-pirates-your-most-qualified-sales-leads/ https://www.cleverbridge.com/corporate/software-pirates-your...