Re: Adobe sued by FTC for not disclosing subscription termination fees

At Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:34:07 -0500 Harry S Robins <stanleyrobins@nothere.uk> wrote:

 
On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:07:07 -0400, Newyana2 wrote:
 

   About time they got caught for something. They've been nasty
pricegougers for decades and repeatedly tried to monopolize
markets. (Photoshop, Flash, AIR, Acrobat) As I understand it, if
you quit their rental without saving all your images locally then
you lose them without warning. I wonder how many CS customers
know that.

 
When you compare what Adobe PhotoShop does to what Pinta is supposed to do,
PhotoShop wins; but when you compare with Paintnet, then Photoshop loses.

*I've* only ever used GIMP -- I have only ever had Linux desktops, so
Photoshop was never an option for me (even if I wanted to use it).  GIMP does
everything I've ever wanted to do.

 
https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
 
But do NOT press "paint.net 5.0.13" at the top right, as that's a trick.
Instead, press "Offline Installers & Portable Zips" below that, which
brings you to the offline installer web page for paint.net freeware.
 
https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/tag/v5.0.13
 
Most likely you'll want either the 64-bit portable or installer exe,
but the source code is also available if you'd like to look through it.
 
https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/download/v5.0.13/paint.net.5.0.13.portable.x64.zip
Name: paint.net.5.0.13.portable.x64.zip
Size: 92478946 bytes (88 MiB)
SHA256: 821D42D4637225E403468978860F8F30B181DE386985C1083E3D382F03B4AD50
 
https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/download/v5.0.13/paint.net.5.0.13.install.x64.zip
Name: paint.net.5.0.13.install.x64.zip
Size: 65526921 bytes (62 MiB)
SHA256: 76317FF71C2A9E1868193F7DBBC5AF1CA495A0E88AF2381A8636D0348B2357C7
 
Once you've used paint.net, you'll never want to use PhotoShop ever again,
unless you already are an expert in PhotoShop's convoluted menu structure).
 
The advantage of PhotoShop over paint.net is that it works on Apple
products, but the advantage of paint.net is the sheer simplicity while at
the same time, copying most of the commonly used PhotoShop functionality.
 
If you think there's something PhotoShop does that paint.net doesn't do,
let me know.
 
hth, ymmv, imho applies
   
 

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