I am not a fan of the subscription model, but remember when the suite came in a box big enough to put shoes in and cost $2K. If you upgraded every couple of years the subscription are cheaper.
The truth is that replicating apps like photoshop isn’t enough. The work required means they can’t be free for any significant period and you gain nothing by switching. To be useful the new apps have to be significantly better and more performant. Then they need to be cheaper and to demonstrate they will stay the course.
We’ve had high quality competitors to photoshop a long time and they are still niche choices for people who don’t need to interact professionally on a broad basis.
Forget their poor performance. For a vibe coded alternative, or any, to pull users away it needs to be significantly better than what’s there now. That is extremely difficult and impossible to achieve via cloning.
The clones may not be perfect, but now I'll be assuming every hate post is damage control. That's what happens when the arguments are so hyperbolic; Calling AI users pedophiles without proof is a surefire way to make me doubt YOUR argument because of how exhaustingly cliched and predictable it has become to do so.
Oh poor Adobe. They wanted to use AI to save money on employees and make charts go up, but it's being used against them instead. They opened Pandora's box but thought the evils contained within would only affect what they believe are lower castes. They forgot humanity can tame beasts. And they specially forgot nerds exist.
"You are supposed to be subjugated! You are all supposed to be stupid and inferior! Why are you building houses with the stones we throw at you???"
I am not crying any tears for them.