I Hate Adobe
October 11th, 2015
The time I have feared has come. Windows 10 broke PhotoShop CS6. I was able to install it from my disk (which I purchased legally, btw). But it would not update to add the changes that have happened since I bought it. Adobe, of course, offered no help at all. Their attitude is: “tough luck, sucker.”
So I’m hanging on to my Vista computer, which has all the updates on its CS6. And I’m looking for options.
Unfortunately, I’m starting to feel that my best option is to buy Lightroom. That really hurts, because I know that’s exactly what Adobe is trying to force me to do. And there are a lot of things about Lightroom that I really don’t like. But it has the features I need for photo editing and is still being maintained by Adobe, so it will do RAW conversions on newer cameras.
And, at least for now, I can still buy it, rather than rent it. Of course there’s no telling when Adobe will decide to take that option away, like they did with PhotoShop, and try to force me to rent it and pay them every month, whether I want updates or not.
I’m really disgusted with Adobe and the abusive way they treat their customers. It’s obvious they consider us just ATMs that are here to provide them with money every month. That’s their priority. That’s what happens when one company gets a monopoly. And there really isn’t any competition out there, at least not that I can find.
I’m just hoping some other company will offer a decent option, treat their customers right, and break Adobe’s monopoly. I’ll be happy to support that company if they can produce a truly competitive product.
Meanwhile, I guess I’ll just go ahead and order Lightroom and force myself to learn to use it.
4 Responses to “I Hate Adobe”
1Michael
October 12th, 2015 @ 12:44 am
I can send you the file from Adobe that updates CS6 (13.0) to CS6 (13.0.1.3) and the RAW 9.2 for Windows if you would like. Rather the Dropbox links.
2Brad
October 12th, 2015 @ 2:11 am
I do all my editing in Corel Paint Shop Pro… Che k it out
3dave
October 12th, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
I’ve tried Corel Paint Shop Pro. It just doesn’t do the job for me.
4dave
October 12th, 2015 @ 4:44 pm
I’ve downloaded the update file from Adobe. It’s the installer that is the problem, I think. Microsoft must have moved stuff around in Windows 10 and the installer doesn’t find what it is looking for and won’t run. I imagine someone will write a hack to make it work eventually, or one of my friends who knows more than me about computers may be able to find a work around. It’s beyond my very limited computer skills.
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