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Martin believes everyone should have access to free quality software.
Thanks so muchπ
You don't lose money when people use a competitors service/product over yours. That money wasn't yours to lose.
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Yet, the companies cry about losing money due to online piracy. At this point it's eΕΊtremally funny
for me, anyway, they didn't lose money because if i couldn't pirate it, I just wouldn't watch. I'm told this is a common thought process
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Not the gotcha you think it is. They said competitors, piracy makes them use your own product and not pay you for it.
Would a kid buy photoshop if they had to? Probably not. Would a sketchy company? Yup.
Would a sketchy company? Yup.
Completely irrellevant to the discussion and nice ragebait, but whatever.
I don't see how it is. A kid that can't afford to buy photoshop won't buy it any more than a sketchy company would, just like how facebook much rather steal material than pay their way for it. The difference obviously being that the sketch company might very well have the capital to pay their way, they're just used to get away with it.
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Tell that to all of the monopolies that have totally captured a market segment.
Also shouting out Krita as a Photoshop alternative for digital painting, digital art.
How is its CMYK profiles in your opinion?
People like him are why I still have hope in tech. May the machine bless him eternally.
Lost dollars because of free software and lost dollars because of piracy are both imaginary numbers.
It seems just fitting that he wears a hat that you need bezier curves to draw perfectly with vector graphics!
Ive used both inskape and illustrator and inkscape is better and has been better ux wise since day 1 for me.
Thank you Martin and Inkscape-team!
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Inkscape is good but it can't replace illustrator, especially for the needs of someone willing to pay $1000/year for it
Maybe the affinity suite is more appropriate (ROI in just 2 months of adobe subscription)
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