Re:Adobe XD, where did it go wrong?
by uxcolumbo on Saturday February 12, 2022 @01:33PM
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I don't use Adobe products anymore. Too many dark UX patterns and bad business practices, e.g. pulling all user access in Venezuela, taking away the ability to earn money - the entire country - back in 2019 [0]. This couldn't have happened before the move to the subscription model.
I recently had to use Adobe XD. The installation process - extremely bad UX and the Adobe cloud thing - bloatware. On top of that... trying to open the XD file a week later, it asks me to login first before I can use the app. And you can only export to PDF 3 times - otherwise you have to upgrade.
In my view Adobe is user hostile.
Not sure how you can turn around that ship - Adobe has a shareholder value uber alles mentality.
I recently had to use Adobe XD. The installation process - extremely bad UX and the Adobe cloud thing - bloatware. On top of that... trying to open the XD file a week later, it asks me to login first before I can use the app. And you can only export to PDF 3 times - otherwise you have to upgrade.
In my view Adobe is user hostile.
Not sure how you can turn around that ship - Adobe has a shareholder value uber alles mentality.
But thanks for trying.
[0] https://www.pcmag.com/news/adobe-pulls-all-user-access-in-ve...