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My question is, what is preventing GIMP from tapping into their existing userbase? I get they are FOSS. But, they could still add in their GUI options that don
by conductr 9y ago
My question is, what is preventing GIMP from tapping into their existing userbase?
I get they are FOSS. But, they could still add in their GUI options that don't exist; then prompt donations that would go towards the features development.
For example, Image > Rotate, triggers a pop-up, "Sorry, Rotating image is not currently a feature but with your support we'd love to add it to GIMP! We expect it will cost $10,000 and we've already raised $4,235 from users like you. Contribute now..."
- dEnigma 9y agoI can't quite tell if you're serious, but I don't think users would like that sort of bait and switch tactic. It would make GIMP feel like shareware that tries to trick you into paying money.
- conductr 9y agoI'm serious but I don't use gimp so what do I know. I'm posing it more as a theoretical question of why can't the collective we be asked to pay for features we want. What I know of Gimp is that it has majority of the features of PS so why would the power users not be willing to pay for advanced features that probably only they use. The answer in my mind is that they are willing to pay but they pay adobe because gimp doesn't ask for money.
- webmaven 9y agoYou could avoid the bait-and-switch feeling if the non-implemented features were grayed out to distinguish them from the ones that were already available.
- frozenport 9y agoWhat if I told you that the non-user friendly aspects of GIMP were by design? I belive there was a battle a decade ago to get rid of odd floating side bars.
- zanny 9y agoWell yeah, there was a battle, and they added single window mode like 6 years ago. Solved the floating bars.