Adobe is no longer available in Venezuela, users in the country will not be able to access the company's services and applications that include solutions such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Indesign and everything related to the Creative Suite. The reason? An executive order issued by the Donald Trump government.
Trump leaves users in Venezuela without Adobe
The United States government has issued an executive order that prohibits Venezuela from transactions between North American services. This order, which includes individuals, will affect many services and companies, although the first that has attracted attention is Adobe.
The company offers creative solutions like Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, and many more through a subscription model that we've already talked about on occasion. These are tools that are used by a large number of creatives from all over the world and also from Venezuela.
With the order issued, Adobe has announced that it is suspending activities until they see what happens. But Venezuelan users will not be able to access any application or content they have in the Adobe cloud after October 28. Until then, they will have a grace period to download their content and not lose it if a solution is not found.
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All this political issue returns to generate a debate similar to the one that occurred with Huawei about to what extent a decision of this type is correct or not. In the end, the user is not guilty and is dotted with other reasons, which may be more or less justified.
However, the suspension of accounts is a blow to Venezuelan creatives. Because they won't even be able to claim the return of the money they have been able to pay in advance for 1, 2 or 5 years of use of the suite. It is also true that it raises the question of how far we should trust the clouds. Overnight all your data can be inaccessible if you don't have a local copy.
In short, there are many readings that can be done on the subject. But the main one is that it seems that no one is risk-free anymore. At any time, an administration with power similar to that of the United States and with key companies for many sectors could do something similar. In the case of Adobe, it is true that if we put aside the issue of the cloud, there are solutions, another thing is whether or not they fall within the law, to continue using the apps.
Although this is also a good time for many users to consider how tied or not they are to an application, system, or manufacturer. Always having alternatives is vital for any mishap that may happen. Adobe has alternatives for practically any of its applications or services, another thing is that they are all equally powerful and the cost of time to adapt to new software. Even more so if you have been using tools for many years that are already the standard for many.
I very much doubt that a Venezuelan with the tremendous crisis in that country has to pay for adobe...