Canva, new owner of Affinity, just laid off nearly 1/4 of their employees.
What is affinity
It’s a suite of programs that’s fairly similar to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom (and another one I’m forgetting)
Something I’ve never experienced, apparently
That’s actually really awesome news. I’ve been using Linux since 2008, and I’ve never seen companies so pressured to have Linux support. Companies that have never given a shit are now seeing missing dollar signs. That’s big.
cool. still won’t use it though, i prefer foss applications whenever possible.
Me either because I don’t use it, but if it’s a win for Linux, I’ll take it.
More options is always good.
i’d use if i still needed photoshop for work.
certainly beats using photoshop or windows/wine.
As someone who does photography as a hobby/side hustle I’ll say, though it’s not FOSS, it was a SOLID Adobe Creative Suite replacement. You could actually just buy once and own forever instead of all the other subscription based creative software out there.
Then Canva bought them, said “It’s free!*” and its gone downhill ever since. Luckily I can still use what I bought, because not subscription, but definitely not what it used to be.
I’ve only used it since it went free, and I think it’s great! What’s bad/worse about it now?
you rent it instead of owning
huh? You’re confused, there’s no renting involved.
Good news. I think they might struggle a bit with the ArtCraft stuff in development.
I’d much rather use a paid software that was written by people than a free software that was written by clankers.
You think humans are doing the port? I’d wager it’s Claude doing it.
Yeah, fair enough.
have you checked Adobe subscription prices before writing that comment?
Adobe’s subscription prices aren’t that much if you consider them a business expense. They’re cheaper than an ISP. It’s not the prices that make Adobe shit, it’s the practices.
The fact that this is downvoted is really frustrating, as a software engineer. Expensive software pays the bills for the developers who make it. When that software is for professionals, they generally don’t mind the expense.
The things that make Adobe shitty have nothing to do with how pricey the software is. Adobe has shit business practices, they’re anti-competitive, and they use dark patterns and deceptive, borderline illegal terms to exploit their users. That is why you should hate them.
It would be super great if all software could be free, but then people like me wouldn’t be able to afford rent. If you’ve ever donated to an open source project, kindly disregard this, you are awesome.
Free software need not be gratis
I don’t think that’s relevant here.
Oh thank you, finally
Oh damn! I’m game for that!
This is genuinely good news for me. I’ve been using Darktable for the last couple of years. This could add a valuable work and production flow.
If this is true then this is great. I’ve been using designer as a vector tool for all the art in a game I’m making, partly because it’s free and I can export over to Spine for animation.
Would mean I don’t have to keep switching between my desktop and MacBook when I’m trying to draw assets.
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After further consideration, I take my statement back and I apologise for judging without knowing. I still keep up my statement with Linux as slop though.
Awesome, the problem with wine is that it’s laggy and I prefer native.
