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It’s unclear to me if this policy applies only to files that you’re hosting with their cloud service - in which case I think (?) the scanning of those files is no different from any other cloud file hosting service, which I assume also scan files to make sure you aren’t hosting something egregiously illegal.

Of course, this problem doesn’t exist at all if you just sell offline desktop software, but alas, the monthly SAAS business model has eaten everything else.




Well, there is Serif's suite:

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

(There's also a Photo and page layout app)

or the open-source stuff:

- https://krita.org/en/

- https://inkscape.org/

- https://www.scribus.net/


IALAL, but the content from the Adobe clarification posted earlier tells it applies to all files created with their software, regardless of whether you host them in the cloud or on your own computer.


Part of this, I think, is the bleed-in of cloud services even to work stored entirely offline: their AI-enhanced tools send content out to the cloud.

For example you likely cannot implement content-aware fill in the cloud without sending the content to the cloud.


Software like these should have no right to demand internet access. Subscriptions for using software that resides fully on your computer is such a huge scam


Photoshop runs it's AI features "in the cloud", not locally.


If that’s the case, then yeah this is a serious issue worth the outrage.


It's just for stuff you store in the cloud (obviously)




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