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Adobe Promises That It Hasn’t Gone Full Big Brother (slate.com)
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[–] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This. Right here.

The main reason we need to push for open source alternatives is this. The more people learn how to use them the more content around them we get and more people take interest in using it and helping develop it (and donate to it).

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I went to Affinity Photo and Illustrator years ago, and I’m a fan. One time purchase, easy to use, and full tutorials from the creators on Vimeo. ~~Only downside is that it’s only available on Apple devices.~~ Turns out it’s available on Windows now too.

https://affinity.serif.com

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Affinity is also on Windows - at least Designer is. I've been using it for a couple of years now.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My mistake. That’s good to know! I’ll edit my comment for clarity. I think they launched as Apple only years ago. I’m glad to hear they’re growing.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I think you're right that they were Apple only for a few years at least.

[–] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And it's a huge downside. Meanwhile open source apps are usually available on every platform, with no purchase required.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hear you. I used to use GIMP before I paid for PS. I bailed when Adobe went subscription, and figured I’d try Affinity for $10. It’s worth every penny. I’d get behind an open source alternative again if it met my needs.

[–] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I can understand it, I almost paid for Davinci Resolve Studio due to it still being the most complete video editor that works on Linux, most of the time closed source apps function better (specially due to the biggest funding), but still, using open source whenever you can basically prevents this from ever happening (specially after Canva bought Affinity, I'd keep an eye out for the eventual enshittification)

[–] HarriPotero@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And they have a -50% flash sale.

Imagine that timing.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is there an open source PDF editor? I would really love anything other than acrobat.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

You can host your own version of stirling. It's open source and can do all sorts of things with pdf

https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF