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by judge2020 2112 days ago
> and it baffles me why it's so popular.

The Adobe situation is simply because it's such a good product suite. You can transition away but the pain points of using other software can be high enough to warrant paying for the software[0]. As for why the majority of users and businesses still pay for creative cloud, it's probably because they do see the value of receiving updates and bugfixes effectively forever.

0: https://youtu.be/L9VysWRHPdI

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Adobe wasn't what I had in mind.

That's a moneymaker, for one thing. For another, they're the industry standard, and yeah the formats are proprietary but if you take a couple years break and start paying again, your files are going to open.

I was thinking more of products like Roam Research. Not to pick on them in particular, I know a lot of people like it, but it's just a non-starter for me.

The Moleskin iPad app is the one I'd most like to use, if they came up with a different business plan for it.