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7 years ago
Wassup guys, it's fuzzbutt Daniel again!!
Okay, so yesterday I posted a relatively positive message about how I'm not giving up on arts and I'm planning to go back to it. Today I opened up my Adobe suite and got a message from a service I had no idea existed. It's called the Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service. It scans for anyone using an old/outdated version of Adobe and assumes ANYONE who doesn't want their fucking moronic subscription-based garbage idea MUST have an unofficial version. Yeah, 'cause NO WAY would ANYONE have ANY problem with a system where we have to pay over $200 a year just so our artwork doesn't get effectively stolen away from us and is inaccessible unless we pay for our LOANED Adobe software. Don't be silly! It MUST be unofficial.
Basically unless I somehow address this, the software that managed to sneak its way onto my computer without my express permission will block my use of Photoshop. Unfortunately it won't take my verification code, and thus will block my use of Photoshop soon. Effectively that makes my computer currently useless for drawing, as I have no other decent means of drawing.
I am aware there are other softwares out there. Free ones, even. I've tried them and none appeal to me. Photoshop was nice. Photoshop was comfortable. Photoshop, for all its flaws, was like returning to the warm arms of an old friend, who while they might annoy you at times, still cared enough to help out. and make your dreams possible.
Right now I'm considering how to proceed. One option may be that I ask annually for the Photoshop CC version to by either a birthday or christmas present from my parents or something, I don't know. For now, unless you want some pretty rough pencil sketches, I'm physically unable to post artwork. So I guess hiatus for a while.
Sorry, guys. But don't worry, I'll find a way out of this somehow.
Basically unless I somehow address this, the software that managed to sneak its way onto my computer without my express permission will block my use of Photoshop. Unfortunately it won't take my verification code, and thus will block my use of Photoshop soon. Effectively that makes my computer currently useless for drawing, as I have no other decent means of drawing.
I am aware there are other softwares out there. Free ones, even. I've tried them and none appeal to me. Photoshop was nice. Photoshop was comfortable. Photoshop, for all its flaws, was like returning to the warm arms of an old friend, who while they might annoy you at times, still cared enough to help out. and make your dreams possible.
Right now I'm considering how to proceed. One option may be that I ask annually for the Photoshop CC version to by either a birthday or christmas present from my parents or something, I don't know. For now, unless you want some pretty rough pencil sketches, I'm physically unable to post artwork. So I guess hiatus for a while.
Sorry, guys. But don't worry, I'll find a way out of this somehow.
I'm also not sure what effect disabling or uninstalling the software will have on my copy of Photoshop, or if it'll somehow end up with a message going out to Adobe (assuming one hasn't gone already) alerting them to my copy being supposedly pirated.
This can potentially end with a lawsuit as people have gotten in trouble for similar. It is, after all, a copyright issue technically, which I can't prove isn't being breached.