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16 pointsarecsu1mo ago5 comments

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This article captures my feelings 100%. Enough good will has been burned that I'm willing to suffer worse products or higher prices from others than to deal with Adobe again. But you don't have to put up with worse, you actually can have a lot better than Adobe products! This article doesn't mention the competition but Da Vinci Resolve is taking over the next generation of users right now.

Keyframe1mo ago

Double digit growth in YoY revenue for past ten years, YoY net income stable growth as well, with 28% last year alone. I wish I was cooked like that. Adobe's going nowhere soon, their stock will find grounding soon enough. Adobe always swims, like Autodesk.

ofjcihen1mo ago

“Such and such is cOoKeD” as a title is almost always a sign of low-effort writing.

mattas1mo ago

Except for the whole PDF-industrial complex. Adobe has a long life ahead (maybe a sad one) as long as PDFs are the document format of choice.

esafak1mo ago

PDF is an ISO standard now.

Delphiza1mo ago

Oh the sad irony!

I have to work with ISO-purchased pdf documents that are heavily DRM-controlled. I can only open them on two PCs with a plugin that only works in Acrobat reader. It is so closed and unusable.

c7b1mo ago

Genuinely curious, what does that mean? Is the PDF standard now open and free, or does Adobe wield any power? Does it own trademarks (for pdf itself, not Acrobat Reader or sth like that)?

marcosdumay1mo ago

In theory, that means that anybody can create a fully compatible editor/reader, and if Adobe tries to change theirs it will be them that are incompatible.

In practice, I don't know why people are talking about PDF. In any recent time, I have only seen people using Adobe readers by accident and haven't heard about anybody using their editor for any reason. I know of some people that buy their editors, just not any that use it.

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mkl1mo ago

It's been open and free on Adobe's website for 20+ years, aside from proprietary extensions like XFA. It's the ISO standards that until recently required payment (as that's how ISO generally works).

mkl1mo ago

It has been since 2008.

Barbing1mo ago

They’re leaning so hard into that, if you’ve heard their podcast ads.

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epistasis1mo ago

Keyframe1mo ago

ofjcihen1mo ago

“Such and such is cOoKeD” as a title is almost always a sign of low-effort writing.

mattas1mo ago

Except for the whole PDF-industrial complex. Adobe has a long life ahead (maybe a sad one) as long as PDFs are the document format of choice.

esafak1mo ago

PDF is an ISO standard now.

Delphiza1mo ago

Oh the sad irony!

I have to work with ISO-purchased pdf documents that are heavily DRM-controlled. I can only open them on two PCs with a plugin that only works in Acrobat reader. It is so closed and unusable.

c7b1mo ago

Genuinely curious, what does that mean? Is the PDF standard now open and free, or does Adobe wield any power? Does it own trademarks (for pdf itself, not Acrobat Reader or sth like that)?

marcosdumay1mo ago

In theory, that means that anybody can create a fully compatible editor/reader, and if Adobe tries to change theirs it will be them that are incompatible.

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mkl1mo ago

It's been open and free on Adobe's website for 20+ years, aside from proprietary extensions like XFA. It's the ISO standards that until recently required payment (as that's how ISO generally works).

mkl1mo ago

It has been since 2008.

Barbing1mo ago

They’re leaning so hard into that, if you’ve heard their podcast ads.

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