cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

  • @traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
    55•11 months ago

    I switched completely to Affinity Serif design suite and never looked back. One time purchase with free updates, much better.

    You could switch to GIMP + InkScape, but I tried it as well and wasn’t enough for my usage. Huge learning curve and a lot of missing features.

    • Matengor
      18•11 months ago

      I tried Gimp for a longer time, too, but I could not get used to the complicated layer management, missing layer effects & layer adjustment features. I will try out Affinity.

      • @traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
        12•11 months ago

        If you’re used to Adobe stuff should be easier to migrate to Affinity stuff. The fact they’re MUCH cheaper should also help

      • Sparrow
        1•11 months ago

        It took me a ridiculously long time to switch to GIMP and If I wasn’t all in for FOSS I wouldn’t have done it. I really can’t imagine any of the designers I know using it full time.

      • @traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
        3•11 months ago

        Sadly, no. I’ve checked and unfortunately people can’t get to work it.

        You can still check it, some time has passed and people might have figured out some solution.

      • @Moonrise2473@feddit.it
        2•11 months ago

        Unfortunately not because it’s not a normal exe file but it’s installing as a side loaded “windows store uwp app” (I don’t know the exact term)

    • swellow the sunEnglish
      6•11 months ago

      It’s not an one-time purchase. I bought Affinity Photo for this purpose and then they released Affinity 2, and it wasn’t a free upgrade for Affinity 1 owners.

      I’m not buying Affinity 2 and buying every new release just like Parallels do. I’d rather stick with the old version or take a shot on Gimp instead.

        • @fuzzzerd@programming.dev
          1•11 months ago

          Yes you can. Paying for a major upgraded version is the alternative to an evergreen subscription, but allows you to milk more usage out of your purchase if you don’t need the latest and greatest.

          Expecting a one time purchase to entitle you to updates forever is asinine.

    • @Efwis@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      Huge learning curve and a lot of missing features.

      I have found most of the “high learning curve” is based more on work flow. Muscle memory can screw with you when trying to learn a new piece of software. I used to use Dreamweaver back in the day when I was on winblows, made the switch to Linux started using bluefish and had to change my work flow which was hard to learn because I was indoctrinated in the way dreamweaver worked. Actually had to relearn some aspects of web design since I had gotten used to the convenience of dreamweavers macros that were pre-installed