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1203 points dagmx | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | 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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TranquilMarmot ◴[30 Oct 25 18:45 UTC] No.45763698[source]▶
> Inkscape is still basically unusable with extreme lag.

?? I use Inkscape every day on macOS and it runs just fine, equivalent to on Windows/Linux. It was pretty bad a few years back but has caught up.

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1. viraptor ◴[30 Oct 25 20:09 UTC] No.45764737[source]▶
With anything remotely complicated I get lag on any clicks. Like 2s between a click and seeing anything get selected. Panning is unusable.