You were 15 years old. You watched a YouTube tutorial on how to remove pimples or make a "cool glitch effect." Then came the paywall: $20.99 a month. Forever.

That’s the day you go legit. And you’ll realize: The real Photoshop feature wasn't Generative Fill. It was the installer that just worked.

You get a real job. Or you finally get a credit card. You click "Subscribe." You cry for a second, but then you realize: Oh wow, I get 100GB of cloud storage. I get Adobe Fonts. It updates without me having to reinstall a sketchy patch.