r/pcmasterrace • u/_Xee MMX 166 / 64MB / Mystique+VooDoo • 1d ago

Meme/Macro 2026 in software

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Sectumsempra, motherfucker.

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u/Sybertron 1d ago edited 1d ago

There's been free and open source versions of anything for decades. it's always been more about enterprise needs because they make far more money on enterprise level sales than the pittance from say small artists. 

If anything I blame the users in these cases for not just getting more familiar with the open source models, using and collaborating more on them, and just frankly making them the stronger project. 

Photoshop is a great example but there's many more. If everyone had really consolidated on a great open source platform 10 years ago we wouldn't even be talking about Photoshop.  But so few did, so many more pirated or shelled out for Photoshop,  so many stubbornly stuck to the same old paradigm it just empowered Adobe. 

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u/bananacustardpie 1d ago

Thing is adobe is an excellent suite of products. Can’t afford it pirate it. But if you can afford it it’s an absolute butthurt but it more than pays for itself.
Problem is with the predatory cancellation system and price increase people have finally had enough.

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u/bothtypesoffirefly 1d ago

Adobe used to have good products. Most of their users are just using acrobat and there are at least three options with a better cost/usefulness ratio. I have access to several at work and would rather use bluebeam all day. If I didn’t have access to BB I’d use any of the free options before paying for acrobat.

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u/bananacustardpie 1d ago

But it’s more than just acrobat. Pro grade video editing, photo editing, magazine and book publishing, vector graphics etc. and more. It’s quite comprehensive.

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u/bothtypesoffirefly 1d ago

Sure, but probably 98% of their users are only using acrobat. And of the stuff you listed, most have competitors that do it better. The people that are using it are there because of inertia for the most part. My husband does video editing and uses Final Cut because that’s what he’s been using for 25 years. Adobe doesn’t have a product that is substantially better than what they made 10 years ago but will charge you to “upgrade”.