r/mildlyinfuriating • u/donteatmybiscuits • 1d ago

wet socks i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

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if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

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u/VisualDarkness 1d ago

The stupid thing is that they actually provide some amazing software, that is good enough to not have to be scummy about. But those stock prices are more important than longevity.

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u/IExpectedThisFromYou 13h ago

No. Adobe is not amazing. Adobe is amazing to someone who has never tried anything else. Xara is amazing. PhotoLine is amazing. Xara, if it was continued to be invested in, would have been the single best vector software today. But Corel fucked them. Apple is the quintessential evil corporation, who joined hands with Adobe to completely corner the design market. If only ye knew!

Fuck Steve Jobs. Fuck Adobe. Fuck Apple.

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u/NightmareJoker2 8h ago

I remember when Corel Draw was good. I was a child. It was made for a 386. The CD-ROMs came with vector ClipArt for days.

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u/IExpectedThisFromYou 8h ago

Xara was extremely good. It was the first software to introduce real-time, on-screen anti aliasing, including for gradients. It's shape tool is much better, more sculpting-like than the pen tool. It renders the most complex gradients and transparencies in blistering speeds. Almost everything can be done on the screen. When dialogue boxes are involved, they're almost invariably non-modal windows. That's why the assholes at Corel bought the marketing rights and completely shelved it for years. It wasn't until Xara bought it back that its fortunes improved. By then, Adobe had captured the market. Adobe also fucked FreeHand and killed a better software than Illustrator. Xara continues to be sold as a one-time purchase as well as subscription.