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> Photoshop [...] runs in on a remote computer

Does it? Last time I checked, “cloud” in “Creative Cloud” meant “now you have to pay a monthly subscription”.

And reverse engineering Photoshop to make a competitor might be a legal practice, if done properly – for example, see the ReactOS project.

Aside from that, I think your point still stands though.




Most of Photoshop works offline, but some of the newer 'AI' features run on Adobe servers and need an online connection (and account) to work.


Yeah, that's probably right, but I don't think that's what OP is talking about here.




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