Linux, and variations of it, dominated every device, because you can download the OS for free and use it without issue. Blender is one of the biggest 3D modeling tools, because it's open-source and free. DaVinci Resolve, GIMP, and other Adobe replacements, are steadily becoming the standard tools because they are freely available and people are sick and tired of greedy subscriptions. Corridor Crew put out new greenscreen tech for free to a very hungry audience, and it may end up as the de facto keying technology for years to come.

People want free. People demand free. The internet has been founded on the concept of free since its inception: information wants to be free. If you are not offering free, you are in the way, and that monopoly will fall over eventually to your free competitors. You cannot possibly beat free, especially when the ecosystem is well-established and maintained.

I'm posting on Lemmy, and hopefully, everybody here already knows this.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

People want convenience and functionality more than no cost.

Spotify and other music subscription services have marginalized music piracy. For video Netflix made a huge impact while they had a lot of content and low prices. If you have to subscribe to three services instead of one, piracy becomes more popular again.

DaVinci resolve is not open source. If you want pro level features like HDR 10-bit colors and other features, it costs around 300 €$£.

GIMP is only used because it’s free.

Adobe replacement

Affinity Suite is the best replacement for photo, vector, layout.

[–] MetaStatistical@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

DaVinci resolve is not open source. If you want pro level features like HDR 10-bit colors and other features, it costs around 300 €$£.

I didn't say it was open-source. Most of its features are still free, though, and paying $295 for fully-functional video editing software is much better than the alternative.

Software like OBS are free and open-source, which is why it's the de facto video capturing software. Eventually, we'll end up with free, open-source, robust video editing software that can compete with DaVinci. For simple work, there's already software out there, like Shotcut.