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Back in 1997, Adobe blew me away with the capabilities of photoshop. Since then, the key players in the CC suite have been part of my toolkit as a designer. But this article has me concerned as a creative. Adobe has it's haters for sure. The reality is that it holds what is tantamount to a monopoly on the creative industry bar Figma and a handful of other solutions. But if the concerns in this article are to be believed, Adobe, how on earth is this reasonable? There is a growing trend where tech providers are becoming to powerful and this falls into that for me. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆: Adobe can access your project files, including those under NDA, for unspecified reasons. 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Adobe can potentially use your project files to train its AI tools, without your explicit permission. 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: The terms of service are vague about how Adobe will use your data and don't clearly explain how to opt out of AI training. 𝗡𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝘁-𝗢𝘂𝘁: There is no easy way to opt out of the new terms and continue using Adobe software. 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲: You can't uninstall the software without agreeing to the terms, and cancelling your service may come with financial penalties. Interested to hear thoughts particularly from creatives and legal folk. Thanks to Mat Venn for sharing the original link.
Ah Adobe. Still being an evil corporation.
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