I know some artists don’t mind it, but I just can’t hear the word “creatives” as anything other than silicon valley speak for the source of the content they sell. It feels dehumanizing.
Particularly in this case, it’s Adobe, so you can just call them artists, designers, photographers, etc.
Or, ya know, just users.
In fairness, it’s Wired who called them creatives, while Adobe called them artists.
Stallman was right
I wonder what state FOSS replacements for Adobe software would be in if a significant percentage of Adobe users used their subscription money to donate to FOSS replacements instead.
The ironic thing is that if it weren’t for free software, the entire AI industry would likely be a decade behind where it is today, if not more.
That’s true for all IT industries. All IT stands on the shoulders of FOSS.
Because they will. They literally will.
Adobe is one of the most awful, insidious, evil corporations in the software space and they have done absolutely nothing to claw back even a tiny shred of good faith.
This seems to happen every time a technology company grows beyond some threshold of size/market share/revenue. I can’t think of a single exception.
Valve has done a pretty good job. Probably because of their ownership model
The stock market literally forces companies to be evil. Once you do an IPO, you’re contractually obliged to be shitty in order to bring higher revenues.
“Lying Shit Heads Say Lies” More Breaking News at 11
Well change your fucking ToS back you rats!
I don’t have access to the whole article, but this video says they did.
