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==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
=== Lack of ownership === | ===Lack of ownership=== | ||
Adobe has switched from a perpetual license model to a subscription model (Creative Cloud). | Adobe has switched from a perpetual license model to a subscription model (Creative Cloud). | ||
=== Proprietary file formats === | ===Proprietary file formats=== | ||
Works created in Adobe software come in Adobe-exclusive file formats such as .psd for Photoshop and .indd for InDesign. | Works created in Adobe software come in Adobe-exclusive file formats such as .psd for Photoshop and .indd for InDesign. | ||
=== Data breaches === | ===Data breaches=== | ||
Besides that, Adobe has undergone multiple data breaches which have exposed millions of users' personal and payment information. | Besides that, Adobe has undergone multiple data breaches which have exposed millions of users' personal and payment information. | ||
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Adobe uses a [[dark pattern]] where settings which a user has disabled are re-enabled during or after each update. The same choice is presented with the desired setting as a default many times in the hope that the user will either give up or accidentally forget to uncheck the option. | Adobe uses a [[dark pattern]] where settings which a user has disabled are re-enabled during or after each update. The same choice is presented with the desired setting as a default many times in the hope that the user will either give up or accidentally forget to uncheck the option. | ||
For instance, this | For instance, this happened with the option to automatically install updates in the Adobe Flash installer. The same dark pattern is currently used in the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application, which presents the same option on each update and requires the user to disable it manually every single time if they do not wish to relinquish control to Adobe over when updates happen. | ||
Whether this is to be attributed to stupidity or malice is debatable, as for instance Adobe Lightroom Classic also has a habit of resetting the language to the system language after every update instead of what was manually chosen in preferences, and the Windows version of Adobe Illustrator had, for a very long time, required the user to manually maximize the application window and re-enable the document rulers after each startup until the issue was finally addressed when the application was moved to a different GUI framework. | Whether this is to be attributed to stupidity or malice is debatable, as for instance Adobe Lightroom Classic also has a habit of resetting the language to the system language after every update instead of what was manually chosen in preferences, and the Windows version of Adobe Illustrator had, for a very long time, required the user to manually maximize the application window and re-enable the document rulers after each startup until the issue was finally addressed when the application was moved to a different GUI framework. | ||
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==Products== | ==Products== | ||
=== Adobe Creative Cloud === | ===Adobe Creative Cloud=== | ||
Adobe's previous line of creative software has been joined into a wider ecosystem called the ''Adobe Creative Cloud.'' The Creative Cloud includes updated versions of the previously purchasable software: | Adobe's previous line of creative software has been joined into a wider ecosystem called the ''Adobe Creative Cloud.'' The Creative Cloud includes updated versions of the previously purchasable software: | ||
* Photoshop | *Photoshop | ||
* Lightroom | *Lightroom | ||
* InDesign | *InDesign | ||
* After Effects | *After Effects | ||
* Dreamweaver | *Dreamweaver | ||
* Illustrator | *Illustrator | ||
* | *XD | ||
* and many more | *and many more | ||
Included with the Creative Cloud, depending on plan options, Adobe also offers cloud based storage, typefaces, and stock photos and other stock files. | Included with the Creative Cloud, depending on plan options, Adobe also offers cloud based storage, typefaces, and stock photos and other stock files. | ||