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And Apple is no better in this regard. Both companies obviously want to prevent sales outside of their walled gardens -- soft deprecating independent software w

And Apple is no better in this regard. Both companies obviously want to prevent sales outside of their walled gardens -- soft deprecating independent software with warnings and 'on by default' blocks. Of course they do, why not take 30% of everyone's work and keep control? Maybe I misread Krita's situation but I'm not sure why they don't just pull out of the store and sell independently. Plenty of payment processors would be happy to take them on. Pricing is always difficult, but for a product that well known there's almost certainly a tiered system they could set up that generates enough income to keep the lights on (or better).

iamcreasy 8y ago
Several misconceptions. > And Apple is no better in this regard. Microsoft approached[1] them to get Krita(and also Inkscape) on the store. Microsoft knew the who and what these software stand for. Comparing it with Apple just doesn't make sense. > Maybe I misread Krita's situation but I'm not sure why they don't just pull out of the store and sell independently. Plenty of payment processors would be happy to take them on....Pricing is always difficult, but for a product that well known there's almost certainly a tiered system they could set up that generates enough income to keep the lights on (or better). It's a FOSS product. On the blog, the devs said that Krita is on the MS store because it brings in extra revenue which helps them to continue working on it full-time. They already have payment system setup on their website to take donations. But at its core Krita will always be a FOSS. [1] https://krita.org/en/item/krita-available-from-the-windows-store/ https://krita.org/en/item/krita-available-from-the-windows-s...