Unfortunate issues... Its time I move on.

Saturday, April 13, 2024 by SimplexDesigns | Discussion: Everything Else

Unfortunately Adobe has turned off the Activation servers for photoshop cs5 at some point. I no longer have access to using the software I paid for and customer support did nothing to help other than try to shove a subscription at me. I told them no I want to use the software I paid for as it still works 100% on windows 10/11 systems. I had a bunch of scripts and tools to help automate a lot of processes in it that I cant do elsewhere and I have a bunch of PSD project files I can no longer open up... No other software matches photoshop. I have tried them all and they all just dont do it for me. Affinity photo is the closest it came to photoshop workflow but their stance on image cropping is just not it for me (You can just select an area and crop to that selection as they are heavy on the "Non Destructive" workflow and requires it to pasted on a new file. Yuck... ). Gimp is not there either. Along with microsoft blocking updates while using certain apps is also speeding up my needs to ditch windows. So I have decided to just move on from this stuff as its no longer feasible for me to continue pursuing. The subscription of creative cloud is not worth the price and you get penalized for canceling the service early. A bit scummy if you ask me. Good luck to those who stick around with windows...

LightStar
Reply #1 Saturday, April 13, 2024 8:12 AM

Sory to hear this, seems like a lot of companies are becoming incompetent and /or highly unprofessional lately.

DrJBHL
Reply #2 Saturday, April 13, 2024 8:23 AM

Sorry to hear, William. Loved the skinning you did, as did many of our members. I wish you luck in all your future pursuits.  🖖🏻

pelaird
Reply #3 Saturday, April 13, 2024 8:24 AM

My brother has this subscription and it is the cheapest way to get Photoshop.

SimplexDesigns
Reply #4 Saturday, April 13, 2024 8:43 AM

pelaird

My brother has this subscription and it is the cheapest way to get Photoshop.


 

Thats a subscription. What Im trying to avoid. I was using photoshop as a hobbyist. Thats not feasible with subscription cost. They also charge you for canceling your month to month payments (treat it like its a annual subscription). That company will never see a single cent from me ever again.

Jafo
Reply #5 Saturday, April 13, 2024 9:31 AM

Almost all I do is via PSP6 [I'm in the dark ages...but I know how to use it].... but now and then I get out Photoshop ....but that's also ancient [5].

PS is the industry standard.....but I've never been standard...

Neil Banfield
Reply #6 Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:04 AM

If Adobe have stopped the activation servers and you own a licence then I think that might be the one time you could justify using a crack on the version you have as you have fulfilled your side of the bargain and they are not.

With regards to Microsoft blocking apps, this is specific to apps which opted to modify the OS to use disabled functionality which has now been removed hence blocking them as otherwise it causes customer issues.

Start11 does not work like that so should not be blocked or impacted by this.  That's why Start11 does not offer certain features as we knew this would be coming eventually.

DivineWrath
Reply #7 Sunday, April 14, 2024 7:48 AM

As I understand it, Adobe has bought every company (or tried very hard to buy) that made any sort of competition to Photoshop. As such, there isn't very many alternatives. On top of that, they make more money on subscriptions than with licenses. The environment doesn't allow for casual users.

LightStar
Reply #8 Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:23 AM

DivineWrath

As I understand it, Adobe has bought every company (or tried very hard to buy) that made any sort of competition to Photoshop. As such, there isn't very many alternatives. On top of that, they make more money on subscriptions than with licenses. The environment doesn't allow for casual users.

Don't think they've bought Corel at least. I have been using Paint Shop Pro since Version 6 and have stuck with Version 11 since it came out, don't like the newer versions they came up with after that.

SimplexDesigns
Reply #9 Sunday, April 14, 2024 9:32 AM

Neil Banfield

If Adobe have stopped the activation servers and you own a licence then I think that might be the one time you could justify using a crack on the version you have as you have fulfilled your side of the bargain and they are not.

With regards to Microsoft blocking apps, this is specific to apps which opted to modify the OS to use disabled functionality which has now been removed hence blocking them as otherwise it causes customer issues.

Start11 does not work like that so should not be blocked or impacted by this.  That's why Start11 does not offer certain features as we knew this would be coming eventually.

 

I did wind up buying affinity photo 2 last night, they added crop to selection as of version 2.3 years after I last used v1. Only thing I miss now is my scripts to make the layers into strips of icons (I can use this but its so much more work than a single click that I had in PS.) for use with windowblinds and the transform tool to stretch a selection by nearest neighbor. Its an ok replacement for now but im going to have to relearn a whole new program just to get back to where I was at with photoshop :/

3java3
Reply #10 Sunday, April 14, 2024 12:43 PM

I can understand how you feel, Simplex.  Whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best. It seems to me that some of these companies don't want to give us options. For example, Microsoft arbitrarily made my version of windows calendar unusable, and wants me to move to Outlook. This is a big reason why I refuse to migrate to Windows 11. Agree or disagree, it's my way of maintaining some freedom and control over Microsoft's tendency to arbitarily take my choices away. 

Daiwa
Reply #11 Sunday, April 14, 2024 2:28 PM

Adobe pulled the same sh*t with Acrobat licenses 2-3 years ago.  You were good until you needed to reinstall for any reason.  They are evil.

As an aside. I'm still using PSP6 as well.  Between that and MSPaint, my graphics needs are met. though I don't skin anymore.

DrJBHL
Reply #12 Sunday, April 14, 2024 3:53 PM

Woke up yesterday to find Ps beta didn't work anymore. No explanation. No warning. Best I can figure is my Photography plan doesn't include it, as the Creative Cloud app doesn't have Beta apps in the left hand column anymore.

Very strange way to conduct business. Would have thought a "If you wish to continue using Ps beta you must upgrade your current plan." type of pop up would be in order.

Oh well. 🤷

Daiwa
Reply #13 Monday, April 15, 2024 12:34 PM

DrJBHL

Woke up yesterday to find Ps beta didn't work anymore. No expla

Typical Adobe move.  

Phoon
Reply #14 Monday, April 15, 2024 2:20 PM

let's not even talk about the shit Broadcom is doing with VMWare licensing....

SimplexDesigns
Reply #15 Monday, April 15, 2024 6:43 PM


let's not even talk about the shit Broadcom is doing with VMWare licensing....

man they better not mess with my license. I use that to test my themes on win 10/11. haha

pelaird
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 16, 2024 7:45 AM


let's not even talk about the shit Broadcom is doing with VMWare licensing....

Broadcom backs down on VMware pricing rules as EU begins investigation following complaints

from: techRadar Pro 04/16/2024

https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-backs-down-on-vmware-pricing-rules-as-eu-begins-investigation-following-complaints

 

Phoon
Reply #17 Tuesday, April 16, 2024 2:29 PM

SimplexDesigns


Quoting Phoon,

let's not even talk about the shit Broadcom is doing with VMWare licensing....



man they better not mess with my license. I use that to test my themes on win 10/11. haha

You're safe with VMWare Workstation... it's vSPhere/esxi that's going to cause rectal bleeding...

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