On Oct 4, 2018, Oregonian Haruspex wrote
(in article ):

RichA wrote:
https://petapixel.com/2018/09/15/my-...-photographer-
and-creative-pro-in-short-not-good/

I’ve decided to move all my computers to Free software

That is your decision to make. good luck with that.

because I have little to no control over what Apple, MS, and Adobe do

You never had any control over what App, MS, and Adobe do.

and they all seem to want to move everything into the cloud,

Using any of the cloud services makes life so much simpler, especially with
Adobe CC, and Apple iCloud.

discontinue important programs (I’m looking at Apple and their abandonment of Aperture),

Aperture was a commercial failure, and dead in the water 4+ years ago. No
amount of chest pounding by those who loved it was ever going to resurrect
it.

and otherwise mess with my workflow.

Adapt, or die. That is all part of evolution. There are workable photo
processing workflow solutions from a whole bunch of developers for all
platforms. You don’t have to stick to Apple, or Adobe. (...but for the most
part I do.) Just remember, the better workable processing software is not
free, and some of it costs far more than subscribing to Adobe CC for
$9.99/month, and some such as Capture One is also subscriptionware, and more
expensive than Adobe CC.

Then it also depends on what you want to do with your images so you might
find that software such as Luminar, Affinity Photo, On1 Photo RAW, Alien Skin
Exposure X4, or Pixelmator Pro is just what you need.

I’ve been an Apple user for decades and I will not buy any more of their products.

Again, that is your choice, and nobody is stopping you. However, you owe it
to yourself to explore the software alternatives.

I wish them well with their phoney cloudy nonsense.

Their cloud services (Apple & Adobe, I can’t speak for MS) are far from
phony, and both provide great software, and system integration.

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Regards,
Savageduck