My goodness ... if I had a nickel for every time I saw you post "I don't care what you think" on this and several other forums over the years (don't let my current post count fool you ... I've read your posts for quite some time) ... I could buy a lifelong subscription to CC and have change left over ... It baffles me how you could care less about what others think of your comments ... yet you place so much importance on shouting down, if not silencing the opinions of others ... One Way Street is it?
Well, tell me where to send the nickel because, once again, I'll tell you that, no, I really don't care what you or others think. I gave up caring what others think about me several decades ago when I got into advertising photography. I don't do things to satisfy others, I do things to satisfy myself. If I cared what other people think, I really would not be who I am and I care far more about who I am and what I do than the thoughts of others. Caring about what others think is a sure way of killing creativity...
You say you know my posting style well, yes, I know yours as well. Although relatively new here, you've posted on the Adobe forums for years. Sometime we agree, often times we don't. What's the problem? You have your opinions, I have mine. Yes, I write very aggressively...some may say abusively but I don't actually engage in ad hominem attacks...I'm perfectly happy attacking peoples' ideas. You don't like my debating style, tough...
Could I be more "polite", sure...do I have any desire to be more "polite"? Nope...I really don't have the time nor interest in being polite. You are welcome to not read nor respond to my posts...and I promise if you don't respond to a post by me, I won't respond to a post by you. Deal? (fair warning, I tend not to let others have the last word :~)
This whole thread is a thinly veiled attack on Adobe and the creative cloud. Heaven forbid that somebody doesn't agree with all the Adobe bashing that goes on.
You want to bring about change at Adobe? Vote with your wallets...that's the only thing that Adobe will respond to. Pissing&Moaning™ on the LuLa forums will do absolutely
zero to bring about change...
Photoshop was not designed for nor really intended for photographers...the fact that photographers adopted and became addicted to using Photoshop is not Adobe's fault. Adobe is changing the ground rules...you either adapt and adopt or move on. Will this move by Adobe spur competition? You bet and I'm a firm believer in competition...in point of fact, the recent move to subscription may end up being a really great thing for the industry because it WILL spur competition which has been sorely lacking for well over a decade.
I hope some bright young people are hard at work creating a Photoshop killer...I'll just warn them that's it's a cutthroat field and you'll be going against Adobe's best and brightest. But if somebody thinks they can create an imaging app to rival Photoshop for photographers, more power to them–and I hope you bring your 'A' game cause competing against Photoshop won't be easy.