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Adobe has changed the terms of the user agreement. The new document gives her the right to use content created in Photoshop, Premiere, and other Adobe editors as she sees fit. If they refuse, Adobe will immediately block them. All of its state-of-the-art software is distributed by subscription, but there are pirated versions on the Web that can be blocked from accessing the Internet, after which Adobe will no longer get to private content.
Adobe told you to share
Adobe, which many people know as the creator of the Photoshop and Premier editors and the killer of Flash technology, which escaped from Russia, has simultaneously ruined relations with all its users. According to the WCCFTech portal, it has adjusted the provisions of its end-user license agreement (EULA), as a result of which it now has access to all their content that they create in its software.
At the same time, Adobe software is by no means free – it, firstly, often costs more than more functional analogues, and secondly, since 2013 it has been distributed exclusively by subscription. In other words, you can no longer buy a lifetime license for Photoshop.
The new provision in the Adobe EULA reads as follows: "Solely for the purpose of operating or improving the services and software, you grant us a non-exclusive, international, royalty-free sublicense to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, and translate the content. For example, we may sublicense our right to content to our service providers or other users."
Adobe does not offer any compensation to users yet. On the contrary, it will continue to collect money from them for subscribing to its software. By the way, in the spring of 2023, Adobe announced its readiness to sue anyone who uses old versions of its software.
The exit is over there
The new EULA not only opens Adobe to user-generated content, but also gives it the ability to manage it at its own discretion. She is not even going to ask for the consent of the owners of this content, because they have already adopted the EULA, which means that the law is on her side.
In fact, Adobe can now, for example, train its neural networks on the fruits of the work of people from all over the world and not thank them in any way for this. Moreover, the new EULA gives it the right to use their content for commercial purposes.
Of course, many people will not agree with such an attitude to their work on the part of some software developer, even if it is the most popular in the world. This is already evidenced by dozens of messages from users on various Internet sites, in which they express their dissatisfaction.
But Adobe was also ready for this. Anyone who refuses to accept the new user agreement will be immediately blocked, writes WCCFTech. This means that if users do not agree to the new rules, they will be restricted from using the company's services.
It gets to the point of absurdity
Many content professionals have expressed concern about Adobe's new terms and conditions on social media-suggesting that users opt out of Adobe and not give it rights to their work. According to WCCFTech, this position is held, in particular, by film director Duncan Jones (Duncan Jones). He voiced it on his page in the social network blocked in Russia.
Users also found that they won't even be able to remove Photoshop from their computer until they accept the new Adobe user agreement. In fact, this can be done – there is a lot of third-party software to forcibly remove software and clean the Windows registry from all its "tails".
Some users clearly demonstrated their opinion about Adobe itself and its new user agreement. So, a user of the social network X under the pseudonym Manny said that he canceled his subscription to Adobe services. There is a very high probability that other Adobe clients have done the same.
What are your options?
By the time the material was released, Adobe representatives remained deathly silent and did not react in any way to the flow of messages to their address from angry users. The company is also in no hurry to make an official statement.
Meanwhile, almost every editor created by Adobe has analogs, including free ones. For example, users who are unhappy with Adobe's new policy can replace Photoshop with free GIMP and Krita, and free Kdenlive can replace Premiere with them.
Also, we must not forget about pirated versions of Adobe programs, which are very popular in many countries of the world, including Russia. They don't need a subscription, and you can also block them from accessing the Internet so that Adobe doesn't get to the user's content.
Adobe told you to share
Adobe, which many people know as the creator of the Photoshop and Premier editors and the killer of Flash technology, which escaped from Russia, has simultaneously ruined relations with all its users. According to the WCCFTech portal, it has adjusted the provisions of its end-user license agreement (EULA), as a result of which it now has access to all their content that they create in its software.
At the same time, Adobe software is by no means free – it, firstly, often costs more than more functional analogues, and secondly, since 2013 it has been distributed exclusively by subscription. In other words, you can no longer buy a lifetime license for Photoshop.
The new provision in the Adobe EULA reads as follows: "Solely for the purpose of operating or improving the services and software, you grant us a non-exclusive, international, royalty-free sublicense to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, and translate the content. For example, we may sublicense our right to content to our service providers or other users."
Adobe does not offer any compensation to users yet. On the contrary, it will continue to collect money from them for subscribing to its software. By the way, in the spring of 2023, Adobe announced its readiness to sue anyone who uses old versions of its software.
The exit is over there
The new EULA not only opens Adobe to user-generated content, but also gives it the ability to manage it at its own discretion. She is not even going to ask for the consent of the owners of this content, because they have already adopted the EULA, which means that the law is on her side.
In fact, Adobe can now, for example, train its neural networks on the fruits of the work of people from all over the world and not thank them in any way for this. Moreover, the new EULA gives it the right to use their content for commercial purposes.
Of course, many people will not agree with such an attitude to their work on the part of some software developer, even if it is the most popular in the world. This is already evidenced by dozens of messages from users on various Internet sites, in which they express their dissatisfaction.
But Adobe was also ready for this. Anyone who refuses to accept the new user agreement will be immediately blocked, writes WCCFTech. This means that if users do not agree to the new rules, they will be restricted from using the company's services.
It gets to the point of absurdity
Many content professionals have expressed concern about Adobe's new terms and conditions on social media-suggesting that users opt out of Adobe and not give it rights to their work. According to WCCFTech, this position is held, in particular, by film director Duncan Jones (Duncan Jones). He voiced it on his page in the social network blocked in Russia.
Users also found that they won't even be able to remove Photoshop from their computer until they accept the new Adobe user agreement. In fact, this can be done – there is a lot of third-party software to forcibly remove software and clean the Windows registry from all its "tails".
Some users clearly demonstrated their opinion about Adobe itself and its new user agreement. So, a user of the social network X under the pseudonym Manny said that he canceled his subscription to Adobe services. There is a very high probability that other Adobe clients have done the same.
What are your options?
By the time the material was released, Adobe representatives remained deathly silent and did not react in any way to the flow of messages to their address from angry users. The company is also in no hurry to make an official statement.
Meanwhile, almost every editor created by Adobe has analogs, including free ones. For example, users who are unhappy with Adobe's new policy can replace Photoshop with free GIMP and Krita, and free Kdenlive can replace Premiere with them.
Also, we must not forget about pirated versions of Adobe programs, which are very popular in many countries of the world, including Russia. They don't need a subscription, and you can also block them from accessing the Internet so that Adobe doesn't get to the user's content.
