Users of Adobe applications face challenges in switching to alternative software due to the learning curve and familiarity with existing tools

Signals over time

2 observed signals across 1 sources, tracked for 8 days. Confidence: low.

What people are saying Observed

• “I'm sure that is true. On the other hand, the majority of their customers are likely using these tools for work and larger organizations are paying for the licenses. People in school for the fields that use these tools are probably being trained on Adobe products, with some discount for the school and the students. I don't think these vibe-coded apps are going to get much traction, there's a whole entrenched ecosystem around Adobe products. My distaste for vibe coded apps aside, I wish them the best of luck.”

  Hacker News · frustration

• “FWIW I do hear these complaints from people who live in Adobe apps but they are very pragmatic about how they approach it. For example, Lightroom is not without its faults but photographers will switch to Capture One and delay leaving the suite so they don't have to relearn everything at once. Some of those photographers then use their new baseline familiarity with Capture One to test out Affinity for further edits. But you're just never going to have the time to burn your bridges with the platform in one go. I don't think that is very different from the way developers work; in practice nobody with any serious obligations can simply switch language and toolchain in one go. So there is attrition, but there is never going to be a threshold over which people cross and get a widespread revolt. I'm not even sure that happened with the switch to Creative Cloud, because they padded that transition by making it easier on photographers and with the other single app plan (that I think no longer exists?) My own feeling is that there are serious cracks in the way Photoshop works. For example the "smart objects" bodge when they could do what Affinity Photo does wit”

  Hacker News · complaint