It could be for graphics in reports, briefings, or advertising. Not a great reason, but a legitimate one. 22 licenses for nearly 17,000 employees? Could be a proper number, but why the excessive number of licenses? As someone below mentioned, it might be cheaper by the gross than by the individual license.
I see no need for photoshop in a govt office.
Can I have it? LOL
Check out Affinty suite of programs by Serif, exactly the same as PS before all the bloat and a lifetime license that’s pretty affordable.
Works on windows, Mac and iOS. Licences are cross device too.
https://affinity.serif.com/
gimp works for me, lmao.
Gimp better than photoshop and its GPL
Darktable is better than light room, again GPL
For every major software package there's likely a GPL (free foss) alternative that is better
oh, i'm not crapping on paid software, but GIMP works for the little bit of graphic tinkering I occasionally do, lol.
Oh. Thank you so much. Now that's affordable.
Great software.
Really appreciate that.
Make some good memes.
Please.
Photoshop and Lightroom are only 10 bucks a month. I used to use it a lot when I did photography but not so much the last several years!
I don't like subscription.
Gotta be able to show POTUS punching out his driver and reaching for the steering wheel of The Beast!
It could be for graphics in reports, briefings, or advertising. Not a great reason, but a legitimate one. 22 licenses for nearly 17,000 employees? Could be a proper number, but why the excessive number of licenses? As someone below mentioned, it might be cheaper by the gross than by the individual license.
I love having a government that likes to set my tax dollars on Fire.
It's so wonderful.
Like... I don't need that money... nahhh for sure... I hate having more money...
I want to give more of my money to the government so that they can just fritter it away as though it quite literally were nothing...
🤦
I want my money back. Howls.
The dog wants his bones back!
Howls (with tail wagging and nose to the moon)
u/#pepeguitar
This is why software companies love yearly subscriptions.
Yes. Definitely.
This is unfortunately common due to some vendors licensing models, ie you can buy 1500 or 3000 licenses but you only need 1700
Move to open source software is very important rn
Russia uses Linux.
Oh! I also use Linux, is that why I'm sometimes called one of Putin's puppets ?
I use Linux.
I guess the judge trying to block this is ineffective.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/federal-judge-denies-leftist-efforts-block-elon-musk/
yeah, every Voip phone needs a license to work, they purchase them in batches
Must be.