Someone Vibe Coded a Free Knockoff of Adobe Creative Suite
THE SO WHAT
A janky, free Creative Suite clone is a reminder that AI-accelerated dev makes 'good enough' creative tools cheap and plentiful. If your moat is UX around standard media workflows, assume clones will appear faster than your pricing cycle and lean harder into ecosystem, assets, and distribution.
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