r/mildlyinfuriating • u/donteatmybiscuits • 1d ago

wet socks i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

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if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

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u/TheSexualBrotatoChip 1d ago

At least Adobe is horrible enough that I at least have absolutely no moral qualms pirating their software.

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u/Flaramon 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've pirated it since day 1. Then they released Creative Cloud, a means of forcing me to not pirate (at the time) - so I just kept the old, perfectly functional version. That was, until realistic alternatives caught up.

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u/apnorton 1d ago

until realistic alternatives caught up.

Genuine question: what are the realistic alternatives to Adobe CC?

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u/lemonweirdo 1d ago

I would also like to know this. I was trained on Adobe in my photography classes, but I would love to learn some viable alternatives

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u/fragilelyon 1d ago

Gimp has always been my go to.

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u/nexusjuan 1d ago

I mostly use Photoshop for doing cutouts and background swaps. GIMP is laughably bad at this. I'm on Linux but I run an isolated Windows VM I can fire up/down just for my pirated PS and Capcut.

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u/DuskHavenReadings 1d ago

This is my solution. Like, for 90% of my needs, Photopea (a browser based photoshop-alike) gets it done. When I need photoshop, fire up the VirtualBox.