General Motors used to be, for a time, America’s largest car manufacturer with a peak market share of 50.7 percent in the US in 1962. Photoshop’s Time with the Top Crown is Going Away This opinion piece by Melbourne photographer, Adam Marsh, is a rebuttal of Dawood’s points and here he shares his thoughts on why photographers are hating on Adobe. My guess is that most people are happy using the software and it’s simply a vocal minority that dislikes or hates Adobe.’ When you have a huge customer base, a small percentage equates to a significant number of individuals. More people use Photoshop and Lightroom than any other photo editor on the market.
They’re reliant on how Adobe sets its prices and changes things at will with fairly little consultation, and a ton of obfuscation.Įditor’s Note: Dawood argues that ‘Photoshop is the most famous photo editor for good reason’, and it’s an ‘industry standard’ Lightroom is ‘the best software for bulk operations and quick editing’ the full Adobe suite is the best there is the controversial subscription model ‘is fantastic’ and a ‘far cheaper option’ and customer support makes up for any update blunders.ĭawood concluded: ‘Adobe now has the largest customer base. Now, nothing against Coldplay, but people’s livelihoods don’t rely on Coldplay. ‘Except the main difference is that Coldplay really does suck.’
‘Over the last few years, it seems like it’s become really cool to hate Adobe kind of like how it’s cool to hate Coldplay,’ Dawood wrote. It was a lot like reading a Microsoft fanboy at the height of the Window Vista era - sure, the product works, but at what level of financial cost and frustration?
UK-based photographer Usman Dawood recently published an opinion article on Petapixel in defense of Adobe.