It's not like artists have a choice. They've been abused by Adobe and similar organisations for decades now, and remain locked in their siloes.

Sure, in theory they could switch to Linux with Krita and Gimp or something, but every time I've heard artists chime in on this, they claim that the software is to immature or lacks features that they need. I _wish_ they could switch to open source software, but they've been putting up with Adobe's abuse for a long time now. This new development is unlikely to change anything.

And just to be clear: I wish I was wrong here. I wish they could and did move to open source tooling.