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Andrew Melder<p>Bye Adobe: <a href="https://andrewmelder.com/2025/07/30/bye-adobe.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andrewmelder.com/2025/07/30/by</span><span class="invisible">e-adobe.html</span></a></p><p>I didn’t mind it, and it was very useful as a hobby photographer; but you got greedy.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SubscriptionFatigue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SubscriptionFatigue</span></a>​</p>
Martin Guay 👨‍💻🌈🎮📱🍁<p>📈 Piracy is rising fast—and it's not just nostalgia.</p><p>🔹 15+ billion piracy site visits in 2023<br>🔹 Software piracy remains ~37%<br>🔹 Music piracy jumped 13% in a year<br>🔹 Streaming piracy up 36% since 2020</p><p>Why the increase?</p><p>Subscription fatigue</p><p>Rising costs across SaaS and entertainment</p><p>Fragmented content (too many platforms)</p><p>DRM is punishing legit users</p><p>Loss of ownership in digital goods</p><p>People aren’t just stealing—they’re pushing back.</p><p>When paid options are worse than pirated ones, the system is broken. Time to rethink value, access, and trust.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SaaS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaaS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StreamingWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StreamingWars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DigitalOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalOwnership</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SubscriptionFatigue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SubscriptionFatigue</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechEthics</span></a></p>
Andrew Melder<p>I don't mind your programs Adobe, but not that much to deal with a 68% price increase. </p><p>Bye Bye.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SubscriptionFatigue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SubscriptionFatigue</span></a></p>
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