I use Adobe products because the dirty secret is they are without equal in many areas, as well as being the industry standards.
I am not a fan of the subscription model, but remember when the suite came in a box big enough to put shoes in and cost $2K. If you upgraded every couple of years the subscription are cheaper.
The truth is that replicating apps like photoshop isn’t enough. The work required means they can’t be free for any significant period and you gain nothing by switching. To be useful the new apps have to be significantly better and more performant. Then they need to be cheaper and to demonstrate they will stay the course.
We’ve had high quality competitors to photoshop a long time and they are still niche choices for people who don’t need to interact professionally on a broad basis.
Forget their poor performance. For a vibe coded alternative, or any, to pull users away it needs to be significantly better than what’s there now. That is extremely difficult and impossible to achieve via cloning.
I am not a fan of the subscription model, but remember when the suite came in a box big enough to put shoes in and cost $2K. If you upgraded every couple of years the subscription are cheaper.
The truth is that replicating apps like photoshop isn’t enough. The work required means they can’t be free for any significant period and you gain nothing by switching. To be useful the new apps have to be significantly better and more performant. Then they need to be cheaper and to demonstrate they will stay the course.
We’ve had high quality competitors to photoshop a long time and they are still niche choices for people who don’t need to interact professionally on a broad basis.
Forget their poor performance. For a vibe coded alternative, or any, to pull users away it needs to be significantly better than what’s there now. That is extremely difficult and impossible to achieve via cloning.