vanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarslemmy.worldimagemessage-square212linkfedilinkarrow-up12.04Karrow-down170
arrow-up11.97Karrow-down1imageThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarslemmy.worldvanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square212linkfedilink
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up71·2 months agoThis is like movie companies saying that me pirating a movie cost them money. Absence of a free thing isn’t going to magic some money into my wallet with which to buy your thing, I’m still broke AF.
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up46·2 months agoMy gramma totally screwed Intel. She never used a computer in her entire life.
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·2 months agoBut it does take money away in other ways. I use GIMP for work which could easily pay for Adobe if I asked them. We just don’t need to since we aren’t doing any high-demand tasks.
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 months agoThey’re not? They don’t have to be entitled to something to lose money on it.
minus-squareconartistpanda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoIm talking about money. If the money isn’t theirs they can’t lose it. You can’t lose money that isn’t yours.
minus-squaremoopet@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThey kind of do, though?
This is like movie companies saying that me pirating a movie cost them money.
Absence of a free thing isn’t going to magic some money into my wallet with which to buy your thing, I’m still broke AF.
My gramma totally screwed Intel. She never used a computer in her entire life.
Intel execs must HATE her
But it does take money away in other ways. I use GIMP for work which could easily pay for Adobe if I asked them. We just don’t need to since we aren’t doing any high-demand tasks.
Why are they entitled to it?
They’re not? They don’t have to be entitled to something to lose money on it.
Im talking about money. If the money isn’t theirs they can’t lose it. You can’t lose money that isn’t yours.
They kind of do, though?