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GIMP is OSS and doesn't pay the bills. I'm sure much more man-hours went into Photopea (even with a single contributor) than in GIMP and the [ad revenue / prom
by jokethrowaway 6y ago
GIMP is OSS and doesn't pay the bills.
I'm sure much more man-hours went into Photopea (even with a single contributor) than in GIMP and the [ad revenue / promise of passive income] is what allowed that.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoI suspect a lot more work went into GIMP, but a) the overhead of many small contributors ate a lot of it, b) the overhead of an ancient code base, having to interface with OS level GUI libraries etc. ate a lot more c) GIMP got a lot of development for features but not enough UX work. Totally agree that the ads paying the bills is what enabled Photopea to become so good in the end.
- cblconfederate 6y agoHighly unlikely. Just the work on upgrades to newer versions of libraries should be more man-hours than what a single guy can achieve