21 Nov Exposed Negative Podcast – #90 – Fireside – The End for Adobe?

In this episode Tom and Greg discuss a potential Adobe rival that has re-emerged; Affinity now bought by Canva and released for….. Free?! They also discuss AI in general and its implications on the industry and society as a whole

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Here are the shownotes, full disclosure, some of which are affiliate links which we use to try and raise money to support the show.

Canva: https://www.canva.com/en_gb/r
Affinity photo: https://www.affinity.studio/photo-editing-software
Adobe – skip the photoshoot: https://petapixel.com/2024/05/03/adobe-throws-photographers-under-the-bus-again-skip-the-photoshoot/
Cats with guns: https://youtube.com/shorts/P1rdsiJgmtM?si=OFR32Tvj9Zd_7BYL
AI model collapse: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2356-full.html
Justine Bateman’s quote on AI appears in this Guardian article from Emine Saner: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/03/creatives-academics-rejecting-ai-at-home-work