Posted on 06/07/2024 7:17:22 PM PDT by davikkm
Adobe’s recent changes to its terms of service have indeed sparked concern among creators. When users opened Photoshop, they were greeted with a pop-up informing them of these adjustments. While it’s common for companies to update their terms of service, Adobe’s changes go beyond the usual permissions. Specifically, section 2.2 of the terms now grants Adobe the right to access content generated from its programs for various purposes, including training artificial intelligence (AI). Here’s a summary of the key points:
Access to Your Content: Adobe’s updated terms of service allow them to access and view your content for various purposes, including moderation. However, this access is limited and only as permitted by law. Purposes: Adobe’s access serves several purposes: Responding to feedback or support requests. Detecting and addressing fraud, security, legal, or technical issues. Enforcing the terms of service. Improving services and software using techniques like machine learning.
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Camel nose under edge of the tent...
I’ve tried using Gimp but it has a STEEP learning curve. It’s like the EVE Online of image software. Powerful but very intimidating. I mostly use it to convert WEBP images to JPG for my blog.
Ummmm, no
I’ve dabbled in it. I would just like to be able to cut out an image and paste it over a background, but can’t figure it out.
The thing is, ALL the software now is going to force you to comply to their terms of service. Shopify decided gun stores did not comply with their terms of service and just cancelled their contracts, never mind that it put a lot of them out of business because you don’t just switch to a new accounting package.
Sounds like Adobe wants to be able to do that too.
At lease with open source like GIMP you still own your data and nobody can cancel your account.
Corel doesn’t seem be nosey like Adobe.
Pixelmator is available for the Mac.
Every time I read stories like this I believe more and more Ted Kazinski, the Unabomber was right.
Society has become too complicated, compartmentalize, and bureaucratic.
The thing is, ALL the software now is going to force you to comply to their terms of service.
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Back in the day, I bought the software, and it and the products were mine.
Is this Adobe kind of an on-line ‘leased’ software? Which gives them access to the product.
Next is Crayola. Lease your 8-color box. All drawings of stick people, a house, and the spiney sun belong to them.
(And you're paying to play.)
CWR invented “moderate” to jerk casual readers.
You pay a monthly fee for their software. (Yes, it's online.)
(I don't know about all of the Adobe products, but the pay-one-price Photoshop Software download supposedly ended in 2017.)
Software-as-a-service is something I’ve never stopped hating - especially in its latest iteration as AI-as-a-service. When you don’t own the software you’re using and can’t check the source code, you’re at the mercy of the developer.
I've still got that pic too :-)
The new version is just more bloatware to me. What used to be a click or two is now getting frustrated trying puzzle out their new “re-imagining”.
Just as hardware became more cross-compatible, software is becoming too disparate. Simple things, like “print”, are now buried under layers of menus.
Unfortunately just about everything is going to subscription only. I do use Autodesk software for my engineering side of business as it does provide value by running computations on their servers . All the other stuff I used has been able to be replaced with open source software. Except Excel which I have to use for legacy data.
I’ve used Nuance PowerPDF for years and love it! I’m an auditor and find editing, annotating, managing pages and export options are top shelf.
Fart in church/elevator.
I started by punching cards, in machine language, to run on a mainframe.
And evolved - Fortran, PCs, Dos .. . The Win’s . ..
We used to know what the computer was doing, and the most efficient way to do a task.
Now it is lucky to get some output, and feel blessed if it looks close.
Computers were to be our ‘slaves’ to make work easier.
Now, they want to command my life.
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