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You shouldn’t trust Pixelmator. They basically took every single complaint about Pixelmator, sat on those for years, and instead of improving Pixelmator they pr

by jorvi 6y ago

You shouldn’t trust Pixelmator. They basically took every single complaint about Pixelmator, sat on those for years, and instead of improving Pixelmator they pretty much abandoned it and suddenly released Pixelmator Pro with all those features and fixes instead It’s the same as Flexibits updating Fantastical, switching to a subscription model (the app used to be €6 but now is €50/y) and both putting old features behind paywalls and ‘unlock this with premium’ buttons everywhere that you can’t hide I just can’t & won’t trust companies that pull switcharoos like that Affinity are good folks as far as I can see, and haven’t pulled stunts like that yet Edit: well I guess HN loves everything moving to a subscription world. What the hell..

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mythz 6y ago
I've yet to pay twice for Pixelmator which I've used for years & they've never nagged me once, will gladly pay again in a heartbeat. It's great they offer a different & improved SKU as I don't see how they could develop such a quality App for a low 1 time payment & was concerned for their sustainability, happy to hear they offer a quality upgrade that I can upgrade to support continued development of their quality app.
- jorvi 6y ago
  The biggest example is single window mode. This was the most requested and most upvoted request for years. It was quite obvious that behind the scenes they decided/realized ‘hey, if this feature is that important to people let’s purposely hold it back until we can use it to force people to upgrade. Genius!’ I understand that there is a limited support window and I understand that sustainable software development requires version upgrades, but the way Pixelmator did it left a foul taste in many many users their mouth.
  - andrekandre 6y ago
    just a single data point to be sure... but for me, i didnt like the ui of pixelmator pro, and am glad they left the older one alone, and made the totaly redesigned one a separate app, as i would have just abandoned it for afinity or something else (not saying pixelmator has a perfect ui by any stretch tho)
  - morsch 6y ago
    Caveat emptor.
chrisseaton 6y ago
What's your problem? They introduced a new and improved product based on feedback. Do you think they should have done that for free? Personally I prefer subscription model.

by jorvi 6y ago

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mythz 6y ago

I've yet to pay twice for Pixelmator which I've used for years & they've never nagged me once, will gladly pay again in a heartbeat. It's great they offer a different & improved SKU as I don't see how they could develop such a quality App for a low 1 time payment & was concerned for their sustainability, happy to hear they offer a quality upgrade that I can upgrade to support continued development of their quality app.

jorvi 6y ago
The biggest example is single window mode. This was the most requested and most upvoted request for years. It was quite obvious that behind the scenes they decided/realized ‘hey, if this feature is that important to people let’s purposely hold it back until we can use it to force people to upgrade. Genius!’ I understand that there is a limited support window and I understand that sustainable software development requires version upgrades, but the way Pixelmator did it left a foul taste in many many users their mouth.
- andrekandre 6y ago
  just a single data point to be sure... but for me, i didnt like the ui of pixelmator pro, and am glad they left the older one alone, and made the totaly redesigned one a separate app, as i would have just abandoned it for afinity or something else (not saying pixelmator has a perfect ui by any stretch tho)
- morsch 6y ago
  Caveat emptor.

chrisseaton 6y ago

What's your problem? They introduced a new and improved product based on feedback. Do you think they should have done that for free? Personally I prefer subscription model.