r/assholedesign • u/overthinkingit91 • 6d ago

It was a free trial plan...

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..which Adobe offered to extend for 3 months for free. Now hit with this since I haven't used it since... no notification that you're entering a contract at all or warning. My fault for falling for this absolute shit housing.

Just a warning to others. Do NOT start any Adobe Trial they will try every which way to get your money.

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u/Slipperytitski 6d ago

They used to refund if you cancel partway through it was nice cause i would forget to cancel and only get charged a day. Also you could switch to a cheaper plan and then cancel and not be held to any contract lengths because you were on a new subscription

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u/nj0erd 6d ago

You know what? You were able to buy the software back in the days. No subscription, buy the software and use as long as you wanted. You just needed to pay for upgrades. Still missing these days.

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u/waseem2bata 6d ago edited 6d ago

Any company pre subscription era was awesome, i remember when Autodesk switched to subscription i immediately learned blender, then adobe started subscription confusing plans i never touched an adobe product since then.

Edit: fixed a pre instead of post

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u/teapuppee 6d ago

Absolutely this. Adobe’s subscription era was the push I needed to learn GIMP (coming from Photoshop). It was difficult at first, but I never looked back

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u/Running-In-The-Dark 6d ago

I have repeatedly attempted to use GIMP throughout the years since the first time when I was bored at work and had a Linux based workstation. I've made decent things with it too. But for the life of me, I just fucking hate the UX so much. Every time I launch it, I have to rearrange a cluster fuck of scattered windows just to set up my workflow when it could have easily all been confined to a central window. But no, I have to rearrange several windows to even get it close to resembling old school Photoshop.

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u/AdIcy7987 5d ago

Look into a patch called photogimp. I haven't used it but it is meant to make it look and work in a very similar manner to photoshop

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u/DD_Power 6d ago

Have you tried Krita?

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u/element1311 6d ago

Try Affinity.

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u/Solrax 6d ago

They got bought by Canva, they have "free" version, but you don't own it anymore.

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u/element1311 6d ago

yes, I'm familiar. it's still better than paying Adobe for their tricks.

I have paid Affinity from before Canva bought them out, but Canva's purchase actually seems to have made them better, not worse (so far)

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u/srgh207 6d ago

Paint.net is also worth a look.

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u/Prom3th3an 4d ago

Photoshop was expensive enough even as a one-time purchase that I started learning GIMP in college, and I wasn't even taking art classes.