Source: ON_Discourse
Adobe's decision to open Photoshop and Illustrator through Model Context Protocol servers inverts the company's 30-year moat. Instead of customers choosing Adobe because of its irreplaceable interface, the company is making its core functionality accessible through third-party AI platforms and workflow builders. Adobe sees its future as a backend service provider—a strategic admission that interface loyalty is collapsing and tool interoperability via MCP matters more than proprietary experience. The question is whether creative professionals will route Adobe's own tools through Claude, Cursor, or custom automation builders rather than opening the software itself.