Adobe Has Rid Itself of Its Allies

Jaron Schneider, PetaPixel: Thirteen years ago, I sat in an amphitheater in Los Angeles as Adobe announced that it would be shifting from Creative Suite to Creative Cloud. I remember being skeptical, but I was also willing to give Adobe the benefit of the doubt. After all, it created a beloved line of tools. […] I was giving Adobe every benefit of the doubt, because I wanted to see this work. I think it’s important to recognize why I felt that way and what has changed in the last five years. This follows the critical takes from Macworld and AppleInsider about Apple’s App Store policies as an industry voice pushing back on corporate behaviour. I have no idea if articles like these raise alarm bells for executives and decision-makers — but they should. I have a quibble with Schneider’s article: Adobe’s product is largely blameless. The product is, for the most part, not just good — it’s great. The promises Adobe made 13 years ago have been largely upheld from a product perspective. But…