Help support. Please make Affinity possible on Linux!

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    it’s just that software isn’t there yet.

    I put about 2000 hours of work into $open_source_project. After a huge release 10xing the quality, we had about 1000x as many users.

    The existing user base was ecstatic- for many of them, it was all they ever wanted and more. But we had 1000x new people saying “it just isn’t there yet”

    • piratekaiser@lemm.ee
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      7 days ago

      Yes, because everyone has different needs. Even blender, which has gone far and beyond most graphical software, would be a no-go for someone because of one or two specifics.

      Again, I firmly believe in OSS, but I don’t see how porting more professional software hurts the community or freedom effort, when our biggest hurdle is adoption. Missing things people need is a barriers of entry. Missing things a workplace needs is an automatic loss.