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Was it more difficult or just unfamiliar? Like, if you'd given it a couple of weeks maybe it would have become intuitive? Or was it just bad UX?
I use gimp at least weekly. The UX isn't great imo, but I'm used to it now, and I'm sure Photoshop would boggle my mind. It also has improved quite a bit in the past years.
I know its not realistic, but I just imagine how great GIMP would be if people donated just 1/20th of what they pay Adobe to the GIMP devs.
Same with LibreOffice vs Office.
We are really missing out on some potentially fantastic software so that a few people can be in the centibillionaire club and it makes me sangry
I know that's true about more than just software, but the way to "fight back" here is so easy and low risk compared to fighting the other cartels that farm us for $$. It is as easy as not using their products and services if there is a viable alternative that respects your humanity.
it's difficult to tell if it's bad ux or unfamiliarity when you're good at using one and not the other, and not really worth the effort when switching to krita was easier.