it’s been a while since Adobe moved from standalone projects to what they call “content supply chain” they have no interest in competing at individual product level. if you only need photoshop, there are tons of better alternatives. they only become irreplaceable if you are in the enterprise level and need things like collaboration, project management, cloud storage, auditing, governance, etc (ie. creative cloud + workfront + their AEM DAM offering).
I do consulting in Adobe products and every year their products are shittier but they still are indispensible due to inertia and integrated ecosystem
it’s been a while since Adobe moved from standalone projects to what they call “content supply chain” they have no interest in competing at individual product level. if you only need photoshop, there are tons of better alternatives. they only become irreplaceable if you are in the enterprise level and need things like collaboration, project management, cloud storage, auditing, governance, etc (ie. creative cloud + workfront + their AEM DAM offering).
I do consulting in Adobe products and every year their products are shittier but they still are indispensible due to inertia and integrated ecosystem