Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe and winning

Re:Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe and winning by dekerta on Friday April 09, 2021 @12:33PM (#26752631)

That's fair, but it's terrible for people like me. I hate not being able to own my desktop software.

I'm a hobbyist photographer, and I use Lightroom quite a bit. I purchased Lightroom 4.0 back in 2013, and it has been worth every penny, but now I'm stuck on version 4.0 forever because I refuse to pay a never-ending monthly fee for software that I use as an amateur.

I use Darktable now. It's an excellent open-source competitor, but it's not as good as Lightroom. I would gladly pay a few hundred dollars to buy a perpetual license for a new version.

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Re:Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe and winning by dylan604 on Friday April 09, 2021 @12:58PM (#26752967)

Would 4.0 even run on modern OS? 32bit vs 64bit considerations. Hooks into graphics libraries in OS changes as well. No hardware acceleration in debayering RAW, etc. There have been a lot a lot a lot of changes since perpetual licensed versions of software that nobody would be happy sticking with just for license sake.

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Re:Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe and winning by dekerta on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:05PM (#26753853)

Yes it runs fine on Windows 10. Version 4 came out in 2012. Old, but not ancient by any means.

Edit: I mispoke, I'm using version 4.4.1. Not sure, how different that is from 4.0

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Re:Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe and winning by dylan604 on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:11PM (#26753923)

Pretty sure you would not be able to on macOS. While not your problem, it could be for others.

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