It is really a shame that with all the IA and the easy way to see that such a portfolio is 99% stolen Adobe or SS let this happen. They are very vigilant to a few duplicates, but people steal other images and upload it in the thousands and Adobe does nothing. Discouraging

I am lucky that only twelve of my images removed thus far (portfolio of 7400 images). I was, however, annoyed that one of the removed images was one of my all-time bestsellers. I searched for this image on the main Adobe page and find it still online, but not under my name.

It was stolen by �Designpics� and here is the image:

https://stock.adobe.com/za/images/greyhounds-at-full-speed-during-a-race/609179796

I looked through this portfolio of 100 pages and find many more of my images. Obviously a portfolio of stolen images. Those of you searching for removed images and find them still online, make sure they are under your name and not stolen.

I don't think contributors will abandon Adobe,simply because Adobe is the best agency,where else do you want to go? 

Unless you are exclusive to some exclusive agency,there are no better agencies than Adobe out there.

and I say this even though I'm a low-earner,but that's another story,that's my fault.

sure,I could earn more,but we must also consider that we are many,many Adobe Stock contributors.

There are problems?yes there are,but that doesn't mean they can't be solved,and I'm more than sure that they will be solved,just as I'm more than sure that there will be more problems,that's life!

at the moment there are still rejections for similar,but simply because at the moment things work differently than they will in the future,as new ways to manage the library will be found,and it will no longer be necessary to reject for similar,but more than anything for aesthetic or commercial quality of the content.


Let's try not to forget that it's always easy to criticize,and that we contributors don't have the whole picture,while the Adobe Stock team has a broader vision of everything,and that it's not easy to manage the enraged herd of contributors thirsty for sales! 


In the meantime,I'm working hard in a completely new direction,my goal is to improve and modernize my portfolio.

I'm also a bit stressed by the long review times,also because I'm experimenting with a new production,and I would clearly like to move faster,at a time when unfortunately moving quickly is difficult.

I have to keep believing,I can't afford to give up.

we can do it Adobe!

keep it up!

as far as I'm concerned, even a part-time salary is fine with me,I never thought I would get rich and famous with microstock.

However,i think that this is just a transitional moment,and that in the near future more effective and faster ways will be found to solve all the problems we know,like copycats,slow reviews,rejections for similar content already in the library,thieves...

This is still an early stage of a radical event that began only 2-3 years ago.

then we must also consider that the future of microstock and of us contributors depends not only on how events on Adobe Stock develop,but there are many more things at stake in a broader vision.

to put it simply,in the absurd event that Adobe Stock stops accepting content,this will impact a whole host of businesses outside of Adobe,so it can't happen,just as it can't happen that 90% of the contents are rejected,because it would be the same, just as it can't happen that thieves and copycats continue to do as they want.

The problems are there,and they are known,and Adobe has always moved in the right direction, so I don't see why it shouldn't continue to do so.

this is just a transitional moment,the prehistory of modern microstock,things will be different and better in the future,with new tools available,to resolve any potential problems.

It's an inevitable consequence,there's a lot of money and a lot of business at stake,it can't be otherwise.

There are problems,but there is also the will to solve them,otherwise they wouldn't have bothered to clean up the library,or they wouldn't have bothered to impose the new rule of only one account unless absolutely necessary,otherwise they would have already lowered the royalties,otherwise the contributor bonus would not be given,otherwise they would never have accepted the AI ​​contents... otherwise many things!

It's a difficult time,but it will pass,there are no alternatives,then anyway it's certainly not easy to manage all this,as I said it's easy to criticize,but the situation is very complex,keep up with the times and at the same time try to please everyone,it's difficult.

then as far as I'm concerned,the future of this work for me,depends on the development that will take place in the near future.