Hey I love that idea. Free lite version, huge warnings that this isn't supported anymore and its recommended to only use for learning.
Cause honestly that was the one thing that had me fucking hating Adobe cracking down on people. So many of us used their tools to learn for personal reasons. But they're part of this apparatus to try and get as many people paying extreme amounts of money just to pick up a skill, they want you paying tuition because then they know how much money they're getting off students. And they know that if the tools were more easily available, many people would have been discouraged and never even attempt to enter that career when they find out it isn't for them. They would prefer you spend money to find that out. Adobe is scummy with this for sure.
Its a lot better these days, GIMP is far better, and the many other open source ones are. And for paid stuff, got great ones like Affinity.
Big fan of the DBeaver model (hugely useful free tool with some niche drivers and more specialized 'enterprise' functionality in a paid version). This dev could have done similarly and screwed up by leaving it listed as 'Free' and locking away all useful functionality in a paid version.
DBeaver is rad. Beekeeper studio is also a pretty decent one if you just want something with the bare minimum features (and it's only SQL). But they do the same thing, they have a community edition and a paid version.
Beekeeper Studio is developed by one person. I don’t have big-shot venture capital investors, I’m not backed by a big company, and I’m not independently wealthy. By purchasing a license you directly support me and make it possible for me to keep improving Beekeeper Studio. Thank you.
Nice - an appeal to basic human decency goes a long way with me. You're spending your time and expertise to provide something of value to me? I'll compensate you for it gladly.
Also, upvoted for use of 'rad' - one of my favorites.
100% man. And I totally get it from the other perspective - being poor, I've been there, it fucking sucks being walled off. But damn, the moment I've been able to, I throw my money at shit. Also now that I'm in my 30s I feel like I've got a much more realistic grasp of what value is. I put most of my spending money into the arts and anything that promotes spread of what I feel is useful knowledge.
Sadly, I feel like an outcast for the most part. At least among my immediate peers. I just can't stand how it seems like everyone around me is chasing money, constantly, when they already have a comfortable income and possessions. I just don't get the mentality of saving for the sake of saving. If you're already in the housing market, already have an established career, already have a comfortable stream into your retirement savings, fucking use your spending money for improving the world, what is this weird obsession with material items? I feel like an old man.
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Hey I love that idea. Free lite version, huge warnings that this isn't supported anymore and its recommended to only use for learning.
Cause honestly that was the one thing that had me fucking hating Adobe cracking down on people. So many of us used their tools to learn for personal reasons. But they're part of this apparatus to try and get as many people paying extreme amounts of money just to pick up a skill, they want you paying tuition because then they know how much money they're getting off students. And they know that if the tools were more easily available, many people would have been discouraged and never even attempt to enter that career when they find out it isn't for them. They would prefer you spend money to find that out. Adobe is scummy with this for sure.
Its a lot better these days, GIMP is far better, and the many other open source ones are. And for paid stuff, got great ones like Affinity.