Public Evidence Lab / Dossier O-1926
Collected sample: 8 independent content items across 2 source families. Known publication dates: 2026-08-05 — 2026-11-01.
First seen 2026-08-05 · Last updated 2026-11-05 · Recalculated daily
These observations describe collected samples, not platform-wide prevalence; they cannot establish whether a problem is widespread or accelerating. Collection scope changed on 09-16 and 09-27; monthly counts must not be read as trends.
Post title: You didn't kill SaaS. You just invented a new form of unemployment.
I PAY FOR ADOBE. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE THIN…
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Post title: Want to let go of Adobe, except.... Do you have suggestions?
I've been playing with Affinity for a couple of mo…
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Post title: IM OVER SAAS!
Autodesk and Adobe have charged me thousands a mon…
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Post title: GOAL—Learn Adobe Photoshop Through 30 Projects, TIMEFRAME—Quarterly, CURRENT STATUS—🔵 Active
Photoshop subscription cost — use free trial for M…
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Post title: Adobe or Davinci Resolve?
I'm looking for some actual unbiased opinions on w…
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Post title: GOAL—Learn Adobe Photoshop Through 30 Projects, TIMEFRAME—Quarterly, CURRENT STATUS—🔵 Active
Photoshop subscription cost — use free trial for M…
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Post title: Show HN: Free open source Adobe Lightroom alternative, completely local with AI
would love an AE and InDesign clone, theres just nothing as good as either
Post title: Alternatives to Adobe Illustrator?
I've just cancelled my subscription because I don'…
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What this evidence does not show yet
This dossier already carries first-hand payment evidence. What it still cannot tell you: market size, how reachable these people are, or what it costs to acquire them.
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Scoring summary
Evidence confidence = strength × evidence volume × source diversity × payment × competition × trend × 10. Counts use independent content items; only first-hand pain, current spend, explicit willingness to pay and concrete feature requests affect the score. Repeated posts by one author are discounted. Scoring and status changes follow deterministic rules.
“Payment-backed” means first-hand payment evidence exists in the record. It does not mean the business is worth building. “Fading” is a recency tag shown alongside any evidence level, not a lower level. Read the full methodology.