There's a workaround where you can edit the system (or Adobe's?) file to fake the "phoning home" thing. I don't use Adobe but I saw some people talking about doing this as they know people who have had success doing that.
So I wouldn't know for sure if you can do that but yeah GIMP's better.
or just pirate a earlier version
Adobe is cloud based. They've been planning this sort of thing all along. It phones home every document you work on too.
There's a workaround where you can edit the system (or Adobe's?) file to fake the "phoning home" thing. I don't use Adobe but I saw some people talking about doing this as they know people who have had success doing that.
So I wouldn't know for sure if you can do that but yeah GIMP's better.
earlier versions are way better in my opinion. I've been using PS since 2002. This newer stuff sucks.