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Canva’s affinity strategy: Normies over power users

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Re: Canva’s affinity strategy: Normies over power users

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

b345 wrote: post #5
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #2

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DaVinci Resolve is on Linux and so are a lot of good free software like Krita, Blender etc.

Jumped the plot on that - you're right.

On the other hand, Blender hardly operates like the average FOSS community in any way, shape, or form. Calling it a victory for FOSS methods when it's mostly SV-funded and has a heavily dictated direction is like calling Android a Linux victory.

Re: Canva’s affinity strategy: Normies over power users

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VoidWhisperer wrote: post #6
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #2

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Atleast for the photo/image editing part, GIMP is FOSS and, while it definitely has a learning curve compared to some other software, does a pretty reasonable job

GIMP has been in development since 1996, and still can't handle basic features like CMYK; meaning any attempt to reproduce colors on a professional printer is doomed. We're not even talking Pantone yet.

Re: Canva’s affinity strategy: Normies over power users

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Post by zerkten »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #2

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I'm not a FOSS advocate, but I think that's a bit strong. I think it's more a case that they recognized the need for a good user experience, but that never hit a threshold which would move the needle for change to happen with the most popular FOSS. Darktable is probably one of the exceptions here.
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