Adobe in Damage Control Mode -- Terms Of Use Updated ...Again

Adobe have definitely felt the backlash against their recent terms of use updates that had/have users worried about how Adobe was using their works. Now they have released a new updated terms of use that include much stronger details of what they can and cannot do.

Is this just clarifying a legal mistake... or did Adobe get caught and are doing damage control? That's ultimately up to you to decide.

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[Memphis]

Adobe: Copying our data is theft. Copying your data is great.

[kickskii]

Adobe "and I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling kids"

[rustymustard]

"Hey, who put the self destruct button right next to the print money button?"

[Gnosticware]

I've canceled my membership, they stepped across a line and can't go back.

[gilbertbarnett]

I'm not a lawyer, but I can say with confidence that when it comes to contracts, every word, every punctuation mark is well thought out. Consumers might treat Terms of Service flippantly, but lawyers do not. If it is written or omitted, it has a meaning.

[HankTVsux]

IF YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF ADOBE AND YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK: "upgrade" your plan to a different plan, i.e. if you have the whole suite, "upgrade" it to a cheaper version like the photography package, then you have a week to totally cancel and get all your money back.

[magnetomage]

I 100% believe that they have used user content without license and permission, to train their AI models.. and this is absolutely them getting caught, not them. Just clarifying

[PlazDreamweaver]

I cancelled my adobe subscription over a month ago after my contract ended in May, and they tried charging me a few days ago despite me cancelling! They said they will continue to attempt collect payments for the remainder of the subscription. But said subscription doesn't exist. It ended in May, which is why I cancelled it in May rather than in February when I stopped needing it. I'm going to call my bank to put a stop payment order on Adobe and I'm going to call Adobe and chew them out. I will be submitting this case to the DoJ as well, and I will make sure the Adobe rep is made aware of that. If Adobe wants to literally try stealing my art and my money, I'm going to ensure they regret it.

[Sintrania]

The customer didn't reach Adobe, the DOJ did.

[Darkuni]

They literally locked everyone out with NO RECOURSE (e.g. you can't work again) without another means OTHER than to agree to what was a really scummy EULA. I stopped using Adobe when they stopped perpetual licensing (SaaS can blow it out their asses) but if I were still a user? The fact that you HALTED my work until I gave you blind allegiance? That would have pissed me off more than anything. Imagine if you had been on a deadline for Warner Bros and suddenly you're faced with that dialog box in the morning when you signed on. Mucho scummy. Stay with Adobe after this? You're sort of asking for it. So glad I left these guys behind.

[akxlphotos]

I canceled my Adobe subscription last month before my renewal date on 6/16. I then received a notice two days ago saying that my account was suspended because they couldn't charge my credit card since the one on file had expired. That email solidified my stance to never go back to Adobe.

[HollywoodCameraWork]

I bolted like many others, but not really because of the TOS. Their whole behavior just made me reconsider whether I'm actually getting value from Adobe. I can easily replace the image work I do with Affinity. Premiere crashes all the time, and it was pure habit and motor memory that I didn't switch to Resolve. So I made the switch, and canceled. What's so stupid is that Adobe are making a TON of money on people who aren't really using their products very much, and now we, en masse, reconsidered. That was dumb of them. I could have been a zombie for another 20 years if they were better behaved.

[Valcuda]

Unless it's a small company, the TOS has been reviewed by a team of legal professionals.
Adobe didn't 'clarify', they got caught and changed them.

[toastedchoom]

Im the head of production & design at a print bureau, told my bosses we need to cancel Adobe and buy the Affinity packages while they are up on special. We've spent the last few days messing around with our work flow and our design team is taking a-little bit of time to get the hang of them, but the Bosses are overjoyed to not have to deal with the subscription services anymore. I've worked in Adobe products since mostly photoshop version 7 and illustrator version 10, I was even one of the people that wasnt that upset when they went the subscription model because "Hey at least ill always have the latest version" and everything has just gone downhill since then.

It's honestly super depressing, it's like loosing an old buddy. Until Adobe seriously changes their tune though, we wont be back.

[rainmannoodles]

Notice how they say they won’t scan “local” content… that directly implies that they absolutely do scan cloud content.

They’ve just done exactly the same thing here but just used careful wording to make it sound slightly nicer.

[bgtubber]

Yesterday I got an Adobe Photoshop ad on Youtube. It's the first time ever I get an ad for Photoshop. Maybe things are not going too well for them if they need to run ads for a software that even your grandma has heard of and it's been used by tens of millions of people around the world.

[GavinSeim]

Nope. They are still saying they have the right to review our content. All in the name of children. Total BS, Adobe is not the child police.

[danielschulman]

This was not a thing in itself, it was the FINAL STRAW in a horrific business model . . . so many of us just left.

[raen]

I'm a game developer, I was affected by the Unity fiasco and now Adobe back-to-back. I've switched to Affinity, and while I still use Unity, I'm learning Gadot and Unreal. I will also pick up Krita. Learning FOSS is my safest route for any future screw-ups.

[garbski]

It's fire control, just like Unity, only Adobe realized it sooner