There is GitHub before, and there is Adobe today.
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Technology companies are severing supplies and are becoming a means of issuing sanctions in the United States.
The latest shot is Adobe, the giant of popular design software such as Photoshop.
This company issued a statement prohibiting Venezuela’s domestic accounts from using all of the company’s services and no refunds.
Adobe also gave the basis for action – an executive order issued by the US government.
After the news came out, it immediately triggered a lot of protests, and the accusations of “absurdity” and “disaster” were all four.
Under various emotions, some people are actively pursuing self-help – looking for ways to crack Adobe software and using piracy.
Moreover, this is not the first time the United States has used such means.
In July of this year, GitHub also slammed accounts in Iran, Crimea and other places on the grounds of US government administrative orders, and there was no warning.
The Adobe incident, it can be said that this breakout technique was re-enacted, and it came even more fiercely.
Blocking the account, paying no refunds
For the details of the outage, Adobe also gave detailed documentation on the company’s official website.
The US government executive order they followed, number 13884, was issued in August this year.
The main point is to prohibit the ban on almost all transactions and services carried out by US companies, entities and individuals in Venezuela.
Adobe is obeying this rule before choosing to sever Venezuela.
The coverage is very broad, including its use of all paid products andFree services with Creative Cloud accounts, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, and Reader.
Even Adobe’s investment company Behance also stopped the service.
The outage is also quite straightforward—cutting off access to software and services.
And, even more incredible is that after the service is stopped, the paid account Aodbe does not refund the money.
The reason is also the Executive Order No. 13884 issued by the US government. Adobe must stop all activities, including sales, service, support, refunds, etc.
Under the sudden break of GitHub, Adobe also gives a certain buffer period, October 28 is the last date.
If you want to keep your own information, users need to download all the content stored in the account by October 28.
As for when to lift the ban, Adobe also gave a statement:
The Executive Order No. 13884 has no expiration date, and the withdrawal is entirely determined by the US government. We will continue to closely monitor developments and will make every effort to restore Venezuela’s services to the extent permitted by law.
Be forced to use piracy and start self-help
After Adobe announced the decision, the social media immediately blasted the pot.
Most of the netizens as onlookers, discussing / voicing is the means of Adobe’s confession – very crisp and neat.
This is a typical feature of commercial software such as Adobe and Microsoft turning to the SaaS model.
Now, the basic owner uses Adobe software, not the software, but the right to use the purchase account.
The permissions of the account are controlled in the cloud, and it is very simple to want to stop a person’s access rights.
The Verge commented that this highlights Adobe’s subscription basedOne of the drawbacks of the model, no matter how long you use the software, you can immediately use it.
Moreover, the company is also abandoning support for software based on the active serial number version.
In the past two days, some Catalina users who upgraded their new Mac operating system found that the CS6 version of the software they had purchased before was no longer available.
Although the subscription-based business model has attracted a lot of attention, it is a very serious blow for Venezuela.
According to Reuters, many Venezuelans rely entirely on freelance living, and Adobe’s suite is their most widely used tool.
In an environment of excessive economic collapse, Adobe’s move will have a disastrous effect.
HacekerNews, some netizens have started to swear:
This is especially cruel, because for many Venezuelans, online freelance is the only way for them to get dollars, which is the only way they can get basic necessities.
Of course, some people have given alternatives.
For example, Affinity can be replaced by Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; it can replace DaVinci Resolve of Adobe Premiere; it can replace Lightroom’s Capture One Pro and so on.
But Venezuelan users are more straightforward.
Reuters reported that they are desperately exploring alternatives such as piracy to continue using Adobe programs.
The most prominent is a student from the Andean University of Venezuela called Gremiana Gonzalez, who studied at the Department of Graphic Design.
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