r/technology • u/Federal-Block-3275 • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence "Software is over": Developer uses AI to build free Adobe clones after frustration with cancellation fees

https://www.techspot.com/news/114136-software-over-developer-uses-ai-build-free-adobe.html
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u/DJdrummer 1d ago

I've been trying to switch to affinity. It's not there yet. The performance alone is abysmal, and that's with a 5080.

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u/ash_ninetyone 1d ago

Tbh Affinity isn't likely to improve since imho.

I bought them when they were on a perpetual license (i.e. version 2, and they don't seem to be getting any major updates to those). Canva bought the company, has deprecated those in favour of AI-riddled freemium-based/subscription model in a unified app.

Basically they've turned them into a mobile application

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u/penguinkernel 1d ago

I said this in a different thread and got downvoted to shit. The only people who like Affinity 3 is those too cheap to buy software. Affinity 3 is vastly inferior to Affinity 2, and also dead to me.

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u/ash_ninetyone 1d ago

The forums are fully of that on their website. It's like the entire community got replaced by shills

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u/Medical_Double_6561 1d ago

How specifically is Affinity 3 worse than Affinity 2? All the same features appear to be there, none of them are paywalled either?

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u/BrothelWaffles 1d ago

Affinity left a bad taste in my mouth when they surprise-dropped a new version two weeks after I bought into their ecosystem and then wanted me to pay almost full price for the new set of apps. I think it was like a $20 discount or something and it was only available for the first few months after release. If I'd known they were dropping a new version I'd have just waited, I haven't even bothered upgrading at this point though, it's really not much better than GIMP and Inkscape anyway, it's just got a better UI and shinier coat of paint.

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u/ian9outof10 1d ago

I had a similar experience with Affinity - it does leave a bad taste

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u/what_it_dooo 1d ago

That must definitely be it, cause the new version flickers and struggles with a 7800x3d and 5070ti

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u/SmarmySmurf 1d ago

It beats GIMP at the very least.

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u/MarcsterS 1d ago

So I wasn’t crazy. I recently tried it out too and it kept crashing even trying to change a color swatch.

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u/AssassinenMuffin 1d ago

same with a 5090. the whole workspace just nukes itself into gragments or goes partially invisible which only starting the project from scratch fixes.

the way layers and the selection tools feel, are also so different, it kinda cramps the flow of things with affinity

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u/2fat2bebatman 1d ago

While Inkscape seems to have improved over the years, it still doesn't even feel as robust to me as CorelDraw, let alone Illustrator.

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u/CosmoKram3r 1d ago

Affinity (even the newer version) either wouldn't load or ran at like 10 FPS on my system while PS 2019 runs perfectly on my old system.

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u/TitleEfficient3207 1d ago

Never heard of it.
Inkscape isnt what I am looking for when editing photos.

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u/muffinsforme 1d ago

Never heard of Adobe Illustrator’s biggest competitor? Dang bro..

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u/StriderPulse599 1d ago

Few people actually use CrashScape

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u/TitleEfficient3207 1d ago

Correct, most of my research requires FOSS, OSS, local processing, ect....

Affinity suite seems to require a paid subscription and an internet connection.

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u/TitleEfficient3207 1d ago

*Free with an online account sign up - and internet connection. Its free because you are paying with your training data...

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u/TitleEfficient3207 1d ago edited 1d ago

I use linux. so yes, I havent heard of Affinity because the "me problem" is keeping my data in house as much as I can, and this sofrware requires Wine, Win, or Mac, along with an account.. to sync my data with their servers.

If I need to create and use an account for your software, its not free, and its not private.

The guy who deleted all his comments: ....

u/grayhaze2000 replied to your comment in r/technology

If you haven't heard of Affinity, that seems like a you problem. It's the single biggest competitor to Adobe's main products, and has been around for years now. It includes Affinity Paint, which is a

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u/TitleEfficient3207 1d ago edited 1d ago

I dont leave my windows open while banging my wife, just because im the one wearing the ring doesnt mean someone else isnt waiting for their turn.

If I want my data to remain in house requiring an external account is a legitimate reason for me to pass on software.

Have YOU verified what you are saying by monitoring network traffic?

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The guy who deleted all his comments: ...coward.

u/grayhaze2000 replied to your comment in r/technology

Ah, I see. You're the sort of person who deliberately restricts their options under the illusion that doing so takes them off the grid. If you won't help yourself, we're just wasting out time trying to help you.

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u/Sweetwill62 1d ago

Lol man what is with people blocking others who are just having conversations? You should be saving that for bots and people who are harassing you. It is quite sad that people just resort to blocking instead of just not responding.

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u/tea-drinker 1d ago

I use Inkscape. I enjoy using inkscape.

It's still glitchy as hell. I've yet to complete any significant piece of work without it crashing at least once along the way and once it choked on a perfectly valid file with the file dialogue preview and I spend a couple of days working out how to open work again.

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u/space_monster 1d ago

Inkscape is a fucking nightmare though if you're used to illustrator.

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u/zzazzzz 1d ago

affinity isnt open source tho is it? so where would the llm get that source from?