vanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-28 hours agoThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarslemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1937arrow-down137cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1900arrow-down1imageThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarslemmy.worldvanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-28 hours agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·4 hours agoThis is like movie companies saying that me pirating a movie cost them money. Absence of a free thing isn’t going to magic some money into my wallet with which to buy your thing, I’m still broke AF.
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 hour agoMy gramma totally screwed Intel. She never used a computer in her entire life.
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 minutes agoBut it does take money away in other ways. I use GIMP for work which could easily pay for Adobe if I asked them. We just don’t need to since we aren’t doing any high-demand tasks.
This is like movie companies saying that me pirating a movie cost them money.
Absence of a free thing isn’t going to magic some money into my wallet with which to buy your thing, I’m still broke AF.
My gramma totally screwed Intel. She never used a computer in her entire life.
But it does take money away in other ways. I use GIMP for work which could easily pay for Adobe if I asked them. We just don’t need to since we aren’t doing any high-demand tasks.