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How AI apps are offering free substitutes for Big Tech software

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Context

What happened: A US software engineer built free AI-assisted replacements for Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office, naming them PhotoCraft, PdfCraft, WordCraft, DeckCraft and GridCraft. Key numbers: Adobe package costs $779.99 per year upfront or $69.99 per month on an annual contract. New apps doubled in the first half of this year to about 560,000, per Sensor Tower. Why it matters: The article says free substitutes could make legacy software far less profitable, though unlikely to make Adobe or Microsoft obsolete. A law professor said the claimed clean-room process is unverified.

What changed

A US software engineer built free AI-assisted replacements for Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office, naming them PhotoCraft, PdfCraft, WordCraft, DeckCraft and GridCraft.

Why it matters

The article says free substitutes could make legacy software far less profitable, though unlikely to make Adobe or Microsoft obsolete. A law professor said the claimed clean-room process is unverified.

Sources

aljazeera