20 years of Adobe and I'm done

I've been using Adobe since I was 11. Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign... this software built my entire career. I loved it. Genuinely.

Just tried to cancel my subscription and they want £70 to let me leave. An exit fee. For software. I blocked my card, froze my account and changed banks because that's how far I had to go to stop them taking my money.

The software is still incredible, I'm not pretending it isn't. Adobe AI tools are stupidly good and they make my job easier, more efficient and idea driven instead of technically (especially paired with other tools) but the company behind the software has lost the plot. They've over engineered their entire system to be profit driven, hooking people in with small print and trapping users who aren't reading the terms like it's a law degree.

Back in the day it felt built for the creatives by the creatives. Now it's built by greedy profit driven corporates in control of day dreaming geniuses and sold to those not yet aware.

So where are you lot at with this? Still riding it out? Made the jump to Affinity or something else? Can anything actually replace what Illustrator and Photoshop do right now, AI tools included?

The line has been crossed for me. Wondering how many of you feel the same.