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Companies are not your friend (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] bort@sopuli.xyz 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use.

inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better)

for drawing: try krita

if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop

[-] Technofrood@feddit.uk 17 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/

Of course they are claiming oh no we won't be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

Sheesh, FOSS licenses really are the only force in the universe that can stop this nonsense.

I remember shelling out for Substance indie licenses thinking it would be a good investment. Shortly after they're:

  • part of the "adobe family" (yaaay! /s)
  • Not gonna make it subscription only, c'mon guys. It's ok.
  • No seriously, we hear you, you'll have options! Definitely!
  • Newsletter: Ok we're subscription only, "Get your keys for the super out of date version because we're just deleting it from human history now."
  • SaaS cloud only and you're gonna like it, peasant.

Never trusting private software like that ever again.

this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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