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Users have a choice to not use Photoshop, yet it's still the standard. Creative Cloud really isn't an issue for most people, it takes exceptional circumstances for this type of DRM to become a hassle.

I'm not remotely saying I agree with it, but its been transparent enough that their user base hasn't revolted and found something better, so this will be more and more common with software.

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> Users have a choice to not use Photoshop

I'm not sure about the rest of CC, but adobe has a near-monopoly with photoshop. I personally use Pixelmator for all my image editing needs, but I am not an image-editing pro... if I was Pixelmator would NOT cut it... my only real choice would be photoshop.

> their user base hasn't revolted and found something better,

If no viable alternatives exist, the choice is not do it or pay whatever they ask. Which is why many cc users feel like hostages.

I am not saying that the Affinity suite of apps is at full feature parity with Adobe, but they are certainly targeting the pro market with their offerings.

I worked in design for almost 15 years before getting into software development. I have a few former colleagues who moved over to Affinity. It's got really good reviews so far. When my copy of CS3 stops activating (probably next pc upgrade), I'll probably buy a copy.

On a personal note, I really wish they would have done a Linux release.

Photopea is a free online clone of photoshop. Doesn't have every feature but has a large majority of them.

Yes. I use Krita.

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