You’re still dependent on Adobe if you use a clone of their software which has been cleanroom reverse engineered and re-implemented. And then it needs to happen all over again when Adobe releases a new version. It’s just a Rube Goldberg way of getting Photoshop.
That’s still leaves you dependent on a corporation. I prefer a world where they no longer exist because it isn’t economically viable anymore.
eah@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
echodot@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
It’s not a copy of adobe’s code, it’s all new code that’s simply implements the same features. So Adobe releasing a new version won’t have any effect.
Aeder@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If you get enough people to move to the clone, that stops being true though. The clone gets to decide the direction from that point onwards.
bold_omi@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
It doesn’t. Use GIMP or Krita.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Why? An old copy of photoshop 7 or CS has no dependancy on any corporation. Even if Adobe goes bankrupt, the pirated old versions still work perfectly. You’re just missing the AI tools the newer versions have, which is a bonus because, again, fuck AI.