On: Photoshop ToS grants Adobe access to user projects...

[havilland]

I wouldn’t even look at startups if there is a viable open source alternative. Most startups are just looking to get a big enough user base to get bought by the big players.

[bishbosh → havilland]

Exactly, any startup will just be on a different place of the enshitification curve.

[freedomben → bishbosh]

Agreed, though personally if their product is open source or source available, I'm much less concerned since I'm not screwed if/when they enshittify or go belly up.

[orangesite → bishbosh]

Whomever is downvoting you clearly has an interest in one or more startups.

[squigz → orangesite]

Let's not forget the HN is literally about startups. Easy to forget that and think it's just "hackers" and "nerds" sharing cool links. It's not.