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Developer uses Claude to clone Adobe apps, criticizes subscription models

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A developer named Brandon Thomas has utilized Claude to create open-source alternatives to Adobe's Photoshop, Lightroom, and Creative Cloud. Thomas expressed a desire to move away from subscription models, stating that AI enables a return to a more accessible era of technology. AI

IMPACT Enables developers to create alternative software tools, potentially disrupting existing markets.

RANK_REASON Developer uses an AI model to create alternative software products.

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Developer uses Claude to clone Adobe apps, criticizes subscription models

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Individual coders are creating their own apps through reverse engineering and even adding features to existing ones. Brandon Thomas, a developer with a disdain

    Individual coders are creating their own apps through reverse engineering and even adding features to existing ones. Brandon Thomas, a developer with a disdain of Adobe’s subscription model, took that extra step by using Claude to create open-source clones of Photoshop, Lightroom…

    LINKS flipboard.com/@Engadget engadget.com/…/ai-software-clones-coming-…

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