@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net this whole stupid subscription model for products that already do the very thing the subscription is being sold for nightmare is not going to end is it?! 🤦‍♂️

@prologic@twtxt.net I feel the same for software subscriptions. It was cute when there was one; now everyone wants you to subscribe to use their app. Slowly falling back to vanilla apps for everything.

@bender@twtxt.net Mind to share a few vanilla apps you are using ?

On the topic, I have mixed feelings. With Apps/Software/Services that are continuously improving, it could be acceptable IMO. My main issue is when you keep paying for a “finished product”. It’s more complicated if it has ads, it’s freemium, uses servers, and so on.
On the production side, well, they do it because they can (although we don’t like that they can, it seems). Development costs are continuously increasing, so it’s an endless rush to spend more to compete, subsidize costs somehow, then earn more, rinse and repeat.
I’ve seen successes of 5-10% on indie developers, but I’d like to know the numbers for huge companies. I’d expect to have big pressure from investors to sustain growth and fail way less.

@eaplmx@twtxt.net I use iOS and macOS. Both come with very good vanilla apps (calendar, mail, web browser, messaging, notes, etc.).

@bender@twtxt.net gotcha! Apple offers a great ‘default’ ecosystem IMO. I was surprised that was being used in new environments, like manufacturing companies. iPhone even replaced blackberry 10 years ago.

I also think now there are a lot of self-hosted/Open options, for instance Obsidian instead of Notion.
I use Google Drive and Docs instead of MS Office, but obviously I’d like to have something good enough w/o Google.
Paint.net instead of Gimp and Photoshop. Inkscape is not great replacement of Illustrator, but works. Godot is becoming as good as Unity 2D. Blender is a good tool taught in schools… Just to name a few subscription free alternatives

@eaplmx@twtxt.net Wait why Paint.net over Gimp?

Isn’t Gimp a free vanilla software too?

Also, I add MyPaint and Krita over Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint for painting and illustrations.

I like paint.net much more than Gimp. For easy tasks, it is the better product.

@carsten@yarn.zn80.net I often use Gimp for pixel art and photo editing, I use the others (MyPaint and Krita) for everything else.

Also Paint.net don’t run on Linux, so I can’t try it out and I don’t want to rely on Wine for it.