One could also argue that language degrades. Just a matter of perspective. Evolution implies it’s good, but a lot of this evolution is little more than losing language features or clarity.

Anti-intellectualism has been on the rise for decades and spelling gets worse? I am shocked I tell you!

Also: inb4 the “language evolves!” crowd arrives.

I get the feeling it’s the native speakers who are the worst offenders. The ones using English as a second language at the very least made an effort to learn the language.

Who is whining though?

This is another one of those echo chamber memes complaining about “those people” where “those people” don’t really exist in reality.

Remember that one posted in this very community a week or so ago complaining about “Microsoft evangelists” as if that’s even a thing? I do.

All of that is irrelevant to an end user. They have the choice between tool A which is free but developing very slowly, or tool B which is paid but has all of the stuff they need.

99.99% will choose tool B and rightfully so.

Case in point: Serif isn’t currently rewriting their old stuff, they already did 10 years ago. Affinity photo/designer/etc have been out for a decade.

Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.

Right off their front page.

Again with this tired excuse. “It’s free therefore everybody should just accept subpar software”.

You know what else is free? Gonorrhea. Doesn’t mean it’s something I should want, nor is anyone who isn’t an STI researcher barred from saying it blows.

Just to be clear, I don’t give a rat’s ass what anyone uses to do their editing. Suit yourself. Just don’t expect others to follow suit and sing the praises of a thing just because it’s FOSS.

Your boss is also paying for time spent troubleshooting, which is why industry standards are a thing. People can help each other out, common issues only have to be solved once and the general pool of issues is smaller.

I work with 12 artists who all use maya. There’s enough troubleshooting to do on just that. Having some of them use blender, others modo, etc would be a nightmare.

I can guarantee you not one person in our company is concerned with Adobe’s stock price, yet everyone is on Creative Cloud. Industry standards are the logical result of groups of people trying to get shit done, not some clandestine conspiracy to increase Adobe’s profits.

and GIMP dev actually planning to add shape tool.

Gimp’s first version released in 1998. Do you find it surprising that people aren’t impressed by plans to add basic tools after nearly 30 years when the competition has stuff like content-aware filling and automatic layer separation?

There are many valid arguments against using Adobe products, or for using open source editing software. Productivity and ease of use are not one of them.

Yeah you just can’t be in a server room anymore without some dude trying to sell you on Office365 and Cortana, sigh.

It’s less uneducated thinking and more “here’s a thing I read online that I can parrot to show that I am more rational than others”.

That statistic could be entirely unfounded and people would still be repeating it because it serves their purposes. Internet nerds love gotchas.

That aside, fully agreed regarding the level of control. It’s a little like saying “people have - and therefore you have - an x% chance of getting lung cancer” while completing ignoring that a huge portion of that is a direct result of only some people’s behaviour, namely smoking.

The people driving defensively, sober and attentively are not likely to be the ones folding themselves around a roadside tree.

Not really. But you know, gotta find ways to feel smarter than other people so here we go.