Not me. I have a client who’s a very sweet old lady who’s business is doing real bio science to treat cancer patients with cannabis extracts.

She’s very easily frustrated with technical problems and definitely has the boomer attitude that if you buy something expensive, it means it’s good. But she’s been getting more and more pissed about enshittification and big software companies screwing over their customers over the last couple years. Adobe’s new TOU has her hopping mad. She has all the research papers she’s worked on over the last 20 years in Creative Cloud.

I’ve been consulting with her off and on for six years and she will get SUPER frustrated with glitches and trouble shooting. I don’t think there’s anything out there that will work for her to ditch Adobe. But I thought I’d ask here, see if there’s anything she might try.

  • @[email protected]English
    31•22 days ago

    Research papers in creative cloud? I am guessing she is using something like InDesign or illustrator to make pdfs or maybe Acrobat? I think you need to clarify what her workflow entails to get better answers.

    But going with my assumptions, it sounds like she can get away with using some kind of Office suit instead, maybe 365? not that it would solve the enshitification of apps problem… But I do consider it a stable program both as installed apps and on the web. There are also endless tutorials and support to get if she is running into issues.

    With that said, it is probably not worth it if she is a boomer. It would take a long time to get into a new workflow and it would affect her output. If she is used to adobe she should probably stick to it.

      • lemmyvoreEnglish
        8•22 days ago

        Maybe not necessarily Latex but they definitely shouldn’t keep their work as PDFs and edit PDFs. Should edit in something else and only export as PDF.

    • The Bard in GreenOPEnglish
      9•22 days ago

      Because her papers are PDFs and “Adobe does PDFs.” I was not part of this decision making process.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•22 days ago

        That’s logical in a way, I never thought about it that way 😄 I understand that you weren’t, I hope you can find a solution for her!

    • @atzanteolEnglish
      1•22 days ago

      With that said, it is probably not worth it if she is a boomer. It would take a long time to get into a new workflow and it would affect her output. If she is used to adobe she should probably stick to it.

      Yeah, she’s basically dead right?