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Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

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Re: Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

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Post by flkiwi »

The Creator Studio is a pretty big miss for Apple. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote have always been productivity apps, not creativity apps (and there is a difference). Of the remaining apps, Pixelmator Pro is the only one that is remotely relevant to my needs, and I'm not subscribing to a $12.99/mo plan just for Pixelmator. Compared to $19.99/mo cost for a much more coherent set of Adobe photography and imagery tools, it's a no brainer to go with Adobe. Not the outcome I would prefer, but a bunch of audio and animation tools will be functionally useless to me, so I'm being asked to pay $12.99/mo for a photo editing app and some productivity tools I already have. I'm sure there are some people who will benefit from the breadth of the Apple bundle, but I don't expect there are THAT many.

The fact that it is impossible to get Pixelmator Pro outside the bundle just makes the situation more ridiculous, unless you want the legacy version.

Create serious pro/prosumer tools for creative verticals again (Aperture, you are dearly missed) and you'll have my attention.

Re: Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

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Post by shevy-java »

Folks - don't work for Evil. Any startup or smaller or even some medium-sized companies should be better work-places than the big greedy corporations. Granted, greed is an addiction and most people will fall to whoever pays most (that's understandable), but think of the ethics factor as well whenever the income is considered. Working for Evil comes with a karma penalty; Google taught us thus whenever an ad is infiltrating your computer.

Re: Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

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Post by cyclopeanutopia »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #26
roboror wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>A single job posting for an engagement team A single job posting for an engagement team in Poland.

A person from Poland here: why does the country matter here? What are the implications you're implying?

> This role is based in our new office in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.

Out of all the places in Poland, this choice is pretty strange. :)

Re: Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

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Post by thenthenthen »

shevy-java wrote: post #32

Folks - don't work for Evil. Any startup or smaller or even some medium-sized companies should be better work-places than the big greedy corporations. Granted, greed is an addiction and most people will fall to whoever pays most (that's understandable), but think of the ethics factor as well whenever the income is considered. Working for Evil comes with a karma penalty; Google taught us thus whenever an ad is infiltr…

Evil comes in all sizes

Re: Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

#38

Post by Andrex »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #26
roboror wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>A single job posting for an engagement team A single job posting for an engagement team in Poland.

A person from Poland here: why does the country matter here? What are the implications you're implying?

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Re: Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

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Post by storus »

cyclopeanutopia wrote: post #33
TeMPOraL wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A person from Poland here: why does the country matter here? What are the implications you're implying?

> This role is based in our new office in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. Out of all the places in Poland, this choice is pretty strange. :)

Isn't it right next to the largest agglomeration in Poland? Also close to two (maybe three) other countries connected via highways?
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