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AutoDesk (CAD/BIM/etc) is also getting like this. Maybe not totally Adobe yet, but they too also basically have a lock on their industry. Just like with Adobe,
by inversetelecine 5y ago
AutoDesk (CAD/BIM/etc) is also getting like this. Maybe not totally Adobe yet, but they too also basically have a lock on their industry. Just like with Adobe, some alternatives exist and a few might be good enough, but AutoDesk bought so many competitors and/or companies that most of the time they are the only game in town.
Bentley (not cars) is another company I loathe, but I've already gotten off topic.
The professional software industry is a cesspool across all industries.
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoYes, AutoDesk is a very good comparison. The problem is these companies aren't evil but they are under considerably less pressure to be good. Perhaps the saddest thing about Adobe is that the subscription model has almost completely eliminated their support staff's ability to allow things like discretionary late free upgrades (which I've benefited from in the past, before I made the jump to Affinity Photo in 2015, after a year of Photoshop CC).
- pcurve 5y agoI agree there's no pressure on these companies as a whole. Ideally, they should be heavily investing in R&D while the moat is still wide. I manage a product design team. We've long moved away from from using Adobe products. It's not that we detest subscription model or Adobe as a company; their products were no longer meeting our needs.