RH3

Still waiting to hear a response from Ash… can you hear the crickets? something to be aware of: I’m still using Adobe CS6 on a mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Still works perfectly with just a slowly fading battery. I’m now trapped with this version due to MacOS versions on the Intel platform, Adobe’s refusal to create the required 64-bit installer (they knew what would happen if they did), switching-off the license servers for those versions, not prepared to go the subscription route and finally Apple’s introduction of their own CPUs. There are ways to run Intel code on an M-series Mac but far from ideal and MacOS version wouldn’t allow CS6 to be installed. Rock and Hard place. Affinity was the answer for me. It does most of what I need and it absolutely wasn’t a subscription model. Seems I need to keep my 2012 MacBook going longer than I had intended. Are we to trust Ash and take his word for gospel or are we seeing yet another CEO become as unfavourable as a Real Estate agent like most other CEO’s these days?

And as an example of Canva’s ideas of privacy see attached from their iOS app:

Like many I’m greatly disappointed at this announcement and reeks of Adobe all over again trying to say how much a benefit the changes are for the customers (those that helped financially build this company). Businesses have one purpose in life and that is to make money. Anything that improves the bottom line is taken advantage of. The appalling subscription services prevalent everywhere in life nowadays is a cancer on society and especially on software. Any business sell out/buy out/takeover has only one purpose and that is to boost profits. The likes of Adobe couldn’t care less about non-professional users, they make a substantial profit from their enterprise customers. CEO’s very quickly forget that it is the smaller scale users that paid for the company’s development before attracting professional and enterprise customers. In most cases that is a result of the individuals recommending the product to their seniors and those holding the purse string. I seriously hope I’m wrong but watch this space - another Adobe style sell out is on the way.