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For a free app, you need to support it, to have it being worked on. A lot of people just say "yeah, it's free!" and they don't support it. I find that supporting free apps is a good investment. I give some, to NOT have to pay a lot to greedy companies who want me to sign up and pay monthly to use their apps.
I economically support other foss projects. Not just gimp really, as I have not probe whatsoever, but I have this feeling that there's some development issues with it. It's not normal that people have been asking for a dedicated shape tool for decades and they refuse to add it.
Godot is one of the ones I think is going to grow bigger than commercial alternatives (like Blender) for instance.