cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

    • Matengor@lemmy.ml
      18·
      1 year ago

      I tried Gimp for a longer time, too, but I could not get used to the complicated layer management, missing layer effects & layer adjustment features. I will try out Affinity.

      • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
        2·
        2 years ago

        Unfortunately not because it’s not a normal exe file but it’s installing as a side loaded “windows store uwp app” (I don’t know the exact term)

    • swellow the sun@lemmy.sdfeu.orgEnglish
      62·
      2 years ago

      It’s not an one-time purchase. I bought Affinity Photo for this purpose and then they released Affinity 2, and it wasn’t a free upgrade for Affinity 1 owners.

      I’m not buying Affinity 2 and buying every new release just like Parallels do. I’d rather stick with the old version or take a shot on Gimp instead.

        • fuzzzerd@programming.dev
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yes you can. Paying for a major upgraded version is the alternative to an evergreen subscription, but allows you to milk more usage out of your purchase if you don’t need the latest and greatest.

          Expecting a one time purchase to entitle you to updates forever is asinine.