The thing is, Lightroom CAN allow you do destroy your originals! Simply export the file, and copy it back over the original... Done... I do this all the time - but it is TEDIOUS! So why does Adobe have to be so arrogant/small minded to not include an option to overwrite the original??? I am not a professional, I do not sell my photos, I am happy with any losses to the original, - I just don't want multiple bits of photo and database hanging around! I know that professional Lightroom users would never want to do this - and sure, make the default, so that it doesn't. But it would be trivial for Adobe to include this feature, so that the remaining minority of amateur photographers that would consider lightroom would buy it also! Surely it would increase their sales! I for one would buy the subscription if it did!
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