A remarkable discussion is taking place this week with Photoshop members as one raised that he was too old for photoshop.
Yet he was alert and a fine designer at heart. The issue was raised as Adobe have overlooked anyone over 70 years of age when registering Photoshop elements.
The customer asked “Why don’t your programers recognize that 75 years old customers exist? When I registered my new purchase (customer for 10+ years) I could only show my birth year as 1941. We are not stupid at this age. Please adjust to at least age 80.”
Too Old for Photoshop – Really?
A Cheif Customer Advocate for Photoshop did apologies about the discrepancy with “It’s certainly not meant to discriminate against folks over 70. It’s likely an oversight by the team. I’ll have them investigate. I believe the date of birth is asked for with regard to COPPA to make sure users aren’t minor/children below a certain age”
Though the discussion didnt end there as it was then raised to the team “its interesting that in 2011 the date went back to 1941,(see comment from 3 months ago) and now in 2012 it goes back to 1942. the programmers have allowed only 70 years on the drop down menu”
Funnily enough Reddit was running an article to see who could Photoshop his 94 year old Grandad – Now that might be something for the 70 year old users to have a crack at!
So we await to see if there is an update to sort this issue, meanwhile let us know if you have had similar issues.
Nobody is too old for Photoshop !
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