Mark Oehlschlager Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20904030/adobe-venezuela-photoshop-behance-us-sanctions Use this as ammo in your marketing. iDesigner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloabner Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 haha I am Venezuelan and this is true. Serif can gain a lot of advantage here. Greetings from a loyal Affinity user. Mark Oehlschlager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I don't think Serif is that dumb. Adobe is doing what they are forced to do due to US sanctions. EU imposed new sanctions on Venezuela in late September. It is about international politics, democracy and human rights - not designers - and the situation is escalating. It would be unethical, unwise and unsportsmanlike to take advantage of the situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Venezuelan_crisis Of course the little man always suffer in a situation like this - I hope for the best for the people of Venezuela. Mark Ingram 1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Oehlschlager Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 @Jowday What's significant here is the difference in business models: Adobe forces one to rent tools, which is problematic for a number of reasons, arbitrary political developments being just one glaring example of how artists can be cut off from their work product and tools. Serif offers a perpetual license to a toolset. This is the point that needs to be hammered home in marketing material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 21 minutes ago, Mark Oehlschlager said: @Jowday What's significant here is the difference in business models: Adobe forces one to rent tools, which is problematic for a number of reasons, arbitrary political developments being just one glaring example of how artists can be cut off from their work product and tools. Serif offers a perpetual license to a toolset. This is the point that needs to be hammered home in marketing material. It has no significance in this situation. You are dealing with a dispute regarding Democracy Human rights It is not time to market anything commercial. The fact that you are focused on software instead of the above is disturbing. MikeW and StuartRc 2 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Oehlschlager Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 I don't know. Maybe it is insensitive to market tools to Venezuelan designers who've been cut off from their tools and their means of expression while the U.S. Government is actively working to foment a regime change in that county. Maybe it is "unsportsmanlike" or "impolite" to draw a contrast with Adobe here. Nevertheless, I'll bet Venezuelan designers who are suddenly without tools and without access to their work would be pleased to know there's a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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