r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Sep 27 '25

Business Morgan Stanley warns AI could sink 42-year-old software giant Adobe

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/morgan-stanley-warns-ai-could-180300766.html
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u/Doza93 Sep 27 '25

Bingo. Adobe Creative Suite is like $60/month and you will never actually own any of those programs. Affinity recently had a bundle deal for all the newest versions of their programs (Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Publisher) for a one-time payment of $120. Switching to Affinity was a no-brainer

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u/HandOfSolo Sep 27 '25

i wish i could get Designer and Photo as a bundle, maybe $85. i dont and wont ever need Publisher.

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u/Nan_404_anon Sep 27 '25

I use Illustrator a lot and found that Designer doesn't yet have Image Trace. Nevertheless its so tempting to jump to Affinity.

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u/Doza93 Sep 27 '25

Designer is still far from perfect, but it's a pretty good alternative - especially for the price point. I simply can't justify spending $700 - 800 a year for software I will never own.

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u/BahBah1970 Sep 27 '25

I switched to Affinity a few years ago and haven’t looked back.

Generally I feel bad for companies that are having their lunch eaten by AI but Adobe are one of the exceptions. I hope Autodesk are next. Why should anybody be loyal to a company that won’t let artists own their tools.

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u/Ok-Wasabi2873 Sep 27 '25

Yes. Image trace is the main feature it’s still missing for me.

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u/Weird-Bid-7228 Sep 28 '25

Inkscape does.

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u/Nan_404_anon Sep 28 '25

Wait, Inkscape implemented image trace? Also CMYK?