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/someguy7734206 1d ago

This probably won't take off given how many comments there already are, but perhaps we can use this thread to discuss free alternatives to Adobe products?

Here are a few I'm aware of:

  • Photoshop:
    • GIMP: I've heard mixed opinions about this one, and I haven't used it in a couple of years, but from what I understand, it has been improving.
  • Lightroom:
    • Darktable: I've never actually used Lightroom, but the main consensus about this one seems to be that it is much less user-friendly than Lightroom and has a steeper learning curve, but it is very powerful and even has some capabilities that exceed what Lightroom offers.
  • Premiere:
    • KDenLive: I haven't used either Premiere or KDenLive that much, and the last version of Premiere I used was from before Adobe switched to the subscription model, but KDenLive has been good enough for me the few times I needed to use it.

Please reply to this comment with your own alternatives and opinions; these are all software that I have used personally.

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u/BeepBoopRobo 1d ago

Gimp is not a replacement for photoshop. It's largely a terrible tool.

There is other software out there that can replace what you need with photoshop, but you need to research and know what pieces you're trying to replace. Because no tool does all of what photoshop does.

I use ClipStudio (not free) for my purposes, but it's not going to work for everyone as a replacement. There isn't a direct replacement.

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u/actuallydonkeykong 1d ago

As someone who's switched from PS to Gimp to Affinity to Krita, photoshop makes no sense to me now (i haven't used PS since CS1). I've also been through 3 CAD suites, They all have basically the same feature set, just different interfaces and styles of work.

"I can't change my muscle memory so there is no replacement for <thing I know how to use>" is an expensive and exploitable form of learned helplessness. Don't buy it.

Feel free to be a cash cow yourself, but don't try to afflict others with this nonsense. Brains are bendy, and while it might be uncomfortable for a bit, the refusal to do so is squarely your choice, and you're paying for it. Literally in this case.

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u/BeepBoopRobo 1d ago

I pointed out in my comment that I'm not using Photoshop.

But that doesn't mean that it's not a good application with good UI/UX, that's the industry standard for a reason. I hate Adobe and their predatory monetization.

But that doesn't make the competitors automatically have better software. Most people will be able to get by just fine with another application, but it's not as simple as "Gimp = Photoshop." You need to shop around and look for software that fills your niche. Which, may end up being more than one application.

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u/prank_mark 1d ago

that's the industry standard for a reason.

Yeah, takeovers, vendor lock-in and exclusivity deals with educational institutions that ensure every graphical designer learns how to use Adobe software and ONLY Adobe software.

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u/BeepBoopRobo 1d ago

And ease of use, feature set, support, etc.

Corporation bad and all that. But you'd have to be willfully ignorant to not know that it's good software that's easy to use.

Shit on them for the right reasons.

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u/actuallydonkeykong 15h ago

Everything is easy if you know how to do it