Re:Inkscape 1.2 released
by makeitdouble on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:53PM
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The concept looks fine, but was there resistance from users to have local apps talk to cloud resources in the first place ? It looks to me like it’s just describing the situation from a few years ago, but as a pre-packaged concept.
I understand the current situation as a result from evolving business models, that lead to better profits when the control is taken away from the user and they have to get into subscriptions for continuous use. Basically the Adobe CS story. This manifesto doesn’t touch the business aspect at all, so I’m not sure what to take from it.
Coincidentally, currently there are ongoing discussions on how to utilize Git outside of the software engineering field.
In particular, this is small anecdotal case study on how a calendar booking/rental system can work with Git [1]. For me this is a wonderful example of application for Local-First software albeit a simple one.
[1]Ask HN: Why hasn't Git been adopted outside of software engineering?
Re:Inkscape 1.2 released
by throwaway290 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @04:59AM
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Once you have your centralized cloud service integrated, you have ongoing support costs so you must charge subscription instead of letting your users fully own the software. The only acceptable paradigm in my view is local-first with P2P collaboration options.
[1]Local-first software You own your data, in spite of the cloud:
https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/