Suganthan cancels Photoshop for a free, open-source alternative
Suganthan Mohanadasan cancelled his Adobe Photoshop subscription and installed Photocraft, a free, open-source alternative. His review in three lines: it looks familiar, does what he needs, and costs absolutely nothing. And the joke that isn't really a joke: at this rate, his entire software subscription budget is going to be replaced by GitHub repos. This is the other way the wave spreads. Not everyone builds their own; plenty just download the clone someone else built. One builder's repo can cancel a lot of subscriptions.
Cancelled my Adobe Photoshop subscription and installed Photocraft, a free, open source alternative.
Looks familiar. Does what I need. Costs absolutely nothing.
At this rate, my entire software subscription budget is going to be replaced by GitHub repos. 😂
— Suganthan Mohanadasan, read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
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