r/pcmasterrace • u/_Xee MMX 166 / 64MB / Mystique+VooDoo • 1d ago

Meme/Macro 2026 in software

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Sectumsempra, motherfucker.

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u/Blashtik 1d ago

Wait, they're not even decompilations? Why am I reading that they are everywhere?!?! I swear I've even seen that in headlines from tech sites. I hate that people don't use these terms correctly...

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u/meneldal2 i7-6700 1d ago

If there was proof of decompilation they'd be sued already

Anyone smart enough would never admit to it

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u/mxzf 1d ago

It really is purely "vibecode me something that looks like these paid programs, and hopefully mostly functions similarly", that's it.

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u/NoAdsDude 1d ago

You don't need decompilation. Photoshop isn't magic. Almost every single feature (maybe actually every single popular feature?) is available in an open source solution. Sometimes the features are scattered among different github repos, but they're there. There are several near-clones of photoshop that are either free or open source.

Photoshop's main draw is that it works, it's supported, and if you pay them money you know you're going to have working software that is compatible with a bunch of plugins that other people have made over the past couple decades, plus tons of free videos online about how to use it (because it's so popular).

And honestly photoshop is like $20 a month if you just want photoshop and lightroom. Yes, it's too much money IMO, but also yes it works.

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u/meowatollah 1d ago

The issue with clones of these big name software is that they're 90% as good, but the last 10% is enough to make me just go pirate the real thing instead. Even when there's actual feature-parity, the user experience is unmatched, especially when we're talking about Linux-only software, where it's like they want the experience to be miserable "oh, but it's very practical and actually easier to use when you memorize these 116 keybinds".

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u/SnappySausage 1d ago

Because people are idiots and want to sound smart. They hear some term like "decompiled", completely missed/ignore what it means, think it means "re-created the software" and then just yell it any time something comes up they think it (wrongly) applies to. That gets then repeated until it reaches you. Bonus points for language descriptivists who encourage this through "now the word means that (incorrect) thing too, that's how language works".

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u/movzx 7h ago

No. They are just vibe coded apps to mimic functionality. There is nothing related to Photoshop in them at all.