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thewayneThis change happened February 17. And, of course, you have to agree to the change in order to continue using the product that you're paying for a subscription to, it's not like you own it or anything. In Adobe's words, they're doing it to prevent child exploitation.
"Adobe's reasoning for giving itself the right to comb through user content is the detection and removal of illegal content, such as child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, as well as abusive content or behavior, including spam and phishing."
Ignoring that people do work under NDAs. Or on secret government projects. Or with student records. Or with medical records. Or with actual exploited children. Etcetera.
Alton Brown just tweeted that his company is suspending all use of Adobe products until his attorneys can go over the user agreements with a fine toothed comb.
One content creator complained that he couldn't get ahold of an Adobe spokesdrone, nor cancel and uninstall the software, until agreeing to the new terms.
While I use Adobe products at work, I'm not really using them at home: my operating systems have aged past my ancient software. I do need new photo editing software and a good PDF creator/editor package, though. Shouldn't be hard to find, Adobe's PDF editor has been increasing in suck factor.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/adobe-defends-terms-of-service-changes-amid-gen-ai-explosion/
"Adobe's reasoning for giving itself the right to comb through user content is the detection and removal of illegal content, such as child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, as well as abusive content or behavior, including spam and phishing."
Ignoring that people do work under NDAs. Or on secret government projects. Or with student records. Or with medical records. Or with actual exploited children. Etcetera.
Alton Brown just tweeted that his company is suspending all use of Adobe products until his attorneys can go over the user agreements with a fine toothed comb.
One content creator complained that he couldn't get ahold of an Adobe spokesdrone, nor cancel and uninstall the software, until agreeing to the new terms.
While I use Adobe products at work, I'm not really using them at home: my operating systems have aged past my ancient software. I do need new photo editing software and a good PDF creator/editor package, though. Shouldn't be hard to find, Adobe's PDF editor has been increasing in suck factor.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/adobe-defends-terms-of-service-changes-amid-gen-ai-explosion/
