Paint.NET 4.3 is now available

Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by moron4hire on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:00PM (#28654569)

I love Paint.NET, but their distribution system is super scummy. I tried to share it with some co-workers and realized you can't just give non-technical people a link to the project site or they are extremely likely to end up downloading some kind of spyware.

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by antattack on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:35PM (#28655175)

https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/tag/v4.3

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by MauranKilom on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:29PM (#28655592)

Is this still the case? Not going to reiterate my comment upthread here, but I can't reconcile it with what I currently see...

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by detaro on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:32PM (#28655620)

not as bad as described, but still: https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html, the linked site to download if not using the Windows Store, has small text "To download, please click the Free Download Now link to the right." at the top, immediately followed by a google ad slot - which at least for me loads an ad with a big blue "DOWNLOAD" button (well, when I turn adblocking and Firefox' inbuild anti-tracking thing off obviously).

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by moron4hire on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:21PM (#28656289)

They've cleaned it up even within the last 6 months. There used to be Play Store ads with big "Install" buttons to the top, right, and maybe even bottom of the actual download.

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by squiffsquiff on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:18PM (#28654701)

From the link it appears to be available in the Microsoft store. If you're on Windows already, is that a problem?

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by executive on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:24PM (#28654738)

Store version is $6.99

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by pseudosavant on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:33PM (#28654799)

Exactly. We can support good software for less than the cost of eating out for lunch.

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by noveltyaccount on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:43PM (#28656059)

Yep and it auto updates from the windows store. This is one of the few free apps I pay for.

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by pjmlp on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:25PM (#28656318)

Which is what I gladly payed for.

Developers should be compensated for their work, just like any other professionals.

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by Nexxxeh on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:34PM (#28655169)

I don't think I've ever installed it like that. It's on Ninite, as is GIMP and Krita (and Inkscape for Vector).

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Re:Paint.NET 4.3 is now available by siverson914 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:22PM (#28654729)

Use ninite.com!

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