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Reddit Photopea founder – I have millions of users, but no businesses use it

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Re: Reddit Photopea founder – I have millions of users, but no businesses use it

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I worked for the main commercial alternative (starts with C). The main draw for users was the extensive library of royalty free stock media. Literally millions of items. Also the features were far ahead. Also a sales team and 2000 staff. I guess it all adds up. Maybe start with getting funding and a few account managers?

Re: Reddit Photopea founder – I have millions of users, but no businesses use it

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Only related to this:

>P. S. Photopea runs in a web browser and I think 60% of businesses do not trust such tools, as they are used to "own" the software and have it in their device (even though Photopea never uploads any singe bit of data, everything runs in your computer). It will probably take decades to change that.

Honest question, can it not be made to run (still inside the web browser) locally?

I am not familiar with the software, but how does it work in cases of poor/intermittent internet connection?

Re: Reddit Photopea founder – I have millions of users, but no businesses use it

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I think the creator is right about businesses preferring desktop apps. In a way it also mirrors my experience with photopea, great app but I keep forgetting it. I love it but I use gimp just because it's there. Why doesn't he wrap it with electron and release also a desktop app?

Re: Reddit Photopea founder – I have millions of users, but no businesses use it

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Only related to this: >P. S. Photopea runs in a web browser and I think 60% of businesses do not trust such tools, as they are used to "own" the software and have it in their device (even though Photopea never uploads any singe bit of data, everything runs in your computer). It will probably take decades to change that. Honest question, can it not be made to run (still inside the web browser) locally? I am not famili…

Hi, I am the creator of Photopea :) When you open Photopea.com, about 1.5 MB of data is loaded to your computer (most of it Javascript). Now, you can disconnect from the internet and use it "offline". It works the same as MS Paint, Photoshop and other programs work :) using your CPU, your GPU, your RAM.
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