alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoCompanies are not your friendsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIntelliJ is great for organizational settings. I would never use it for home use as there are many good free alternatives for that kind of setting. Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use. So jetbrains is “acceptable” because I don’t need to open my own wallet.
minus-squarebort@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months ago Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use. inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better) for drawing: try krita if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop
minus-squareTechnofrood@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoUnfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/ Of course they are claiming oh no we won’t be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.
IntelliJ is great for organizational settings. I would never use it for home use as there are many good free alternatives for that kind of setting.
Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use.
So jetbrains is “acceptable” because I don’t need to open my own wallet.
inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better)
for drawing: try krita
if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop
Unfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/
Of course they are claiming oh no we won’t be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.