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Now that photopea is a thing, do people still use gimp?

• KronisLV 5y ago
  As nice as Photopea is, it's browser only. Furthermore, GIMP provides a variety of different plugins, extensibility options, hardware support for graphics tablets etc. So the answer is yes, GIMP is still a lovely piece of free software that's utilized by numerous people out there to great effect.
  • baby 5y ago
    Good point. Photopea might become paid in the future also
• npteljes 5y ago
  Photopea is not a GIMP replacement, since it's not free software.
  • baby 5y ago
    What do you mean it’s not free software? I guess it might not be free anymore one day, which is a good argument for GIMP.
    • npteljes 5y ago
      It's gratis, but not libre. Some people value this attribute of a software, choosing their toolkit exclusively or primarily so. And for these people, a nonfree software is a not a replacement for a free software. Also yes, because it's only distributed as a web app, one day it might vanish and that's it. If it were AGPL licenced, for example, anyone could fire up another instance or embed it via Electron, and the software would live on.