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1199 points dagmx | 4 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.861s | source
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scblock ◴[30 Oct 25 17:18 UTC] No.45762470[source]▶
I'm done with this. Open source only from here on out. You can't trust anyone in this day and age to turn not their products into AI pushing garbage.
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viraptor ◴[30 Oct 25 17:44 UTC] No.45762829[source]▶
Unfortunately there is no realistic vector drawing open source app for MacOS. Inkscape is still basically unusable with extreme lag. LibreDraw is ok for very basic things. But that's about it.
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1. rcarmo ◴[30 Oct 25 17:52 UTC] No.45762927[source]▶
Well, if Apple did something about it... We would at least have some half-assed thing that would look good in commercials.
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2. spiderice ◴[30 Oct 25 18:13 UTC] No.45763180[source]▶
Pixelmator somewhat fits that (minus the half-assed part). Pixelmator is, at least for now, pay once. And given Apple's size I don't see them trying to squeeze customers for Pixelmator subscriptions. It definitely isn't a full vector program at the level of Illustrator/Affinity. But for a lot of people it probably has powerful enough vector editing.
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3. reaperducer ◴[30 Oct 25 19:03 UTC] No.45763947[source]▶
I see that there is Pixelmator ($50) and Photomator ($120), both from Apple.

Any idea what the difference is? The cheaper one looks more capable.

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4. LeoPanthera ◴[30 Oct 25 19:27 UTC] No.45764222{3}[source]▶
Pixelmator = Photoshop

Photomator = Lightroom, but without the library management