Not surprising at all. Their website already looked like Apple.
Jokes aside, this has been long overdue. Hope the products will survive somehow.
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> what other products with users has Apple acquired and shut down? Shake was acquired in 2002 and killed 7 years later.
It was wild to see Linux and a Pentium III listed as a supported system on an Apple site in 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040613170323/http://www.apple....
Funny how they were selling the Linux version for $2000 more.
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#293This is in no way a criticism of the news, but if Pixelmator isn't for you, consider trying Acorn, developed by the reputable indie developer Gus Mueller: https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ It aligns better with my concept of an image editor, based on my experience with Photoshop 4.x-6.x and The Gimp.
Gus has personally responded to every bit of feedback I’ve submitted, with quick turnaround for bug fixes and thoughtful engagement with suggestions.
Acorn strikes the right balance for me of simplicity vs richness of features.
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#294Excellent program, the only real competitor to Photoshop. I kinda liked that they were independent.
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#295Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish every acquisition improved the end product as much as Workflow's did. All Apple's OSes got better for embracing it. I can write and have written AppleScript things, but Shortcuts is a vastly more convenient UX for the things it's good at.
What do you use it for?
I have tons that solve small annoyances or paper over things I forget. As an example, I listen to an audiobook in audible many nights to sleep, but I often forget to set the sleep timer. Very annoying to have to scrub back hours to find the last thing you remember. I have a shortcut that activates when my iphone is in sleep focus that automatically sets the audible sleep timer for me. It's a little thing, but it's a great quality of life improvement and eliminates my need to think about sleep timers.
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Idk, Apple is just as likely to kill it.
Doubtful. It might get worked into iPhoto or a new version of Aperture as part of their pro apps.
That would be a nice outcome. I’ve been missing a replacement for Aperture for years. I’m not a professional photographer, but I’ve got more than 30 years of photos inside of Apple Photos. Some old school scans or Photo CDs, some RAW from underwater (Photos does a poor job here), and a ton of iPhone photos.
Bringing a more premium experience to Photos would be a great complement to how you can already shell out to Pixelmator while editing photos.
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Shazam is a huge success story!
We'll put Shazam in the Filemaker category of continuing to exist, but not really benefiting from Apple.
It's built in to Siri though. So Apple benefitted from Shazam. I'd say Apple's Weather app has also significantly benefitted (albeit a bit late) from Dark Sky's acquisition
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Man do I ever miss Fireworks. And Dark Sky for that matter. Fireworks really was it though.
I miss Photoshop 5. That's why I was so happy to discover and use photopea.com now :)
Still running CS2 from an old ripped disc over here. Does 95% of what I need.
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Though way less likely to turn it into a cursed subscription zombie.
Leaving aside pricing specifics, the main issue with subscriptions is for products that you just fire up once in a great while. So long as the pricing is reasonable, I have no particular issue with subscriptions for products I use on a routine basis--especially if they're products that more or less require ongoing updates to remain useful.
For me personally, Pixelmator is absolutely a product I just fire up once in a great while. I bought it anyway because when I need it, I need it. But there's no way I would let a program like that deflate my bank account like a pricked balloon.