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I love Paint.NET, but their distribution system is super scummy. I tried to share it with some co-workers and realized you can't just give non-technical people

I love Paint.NET, but their distribution system is super scummy. I tried to share it with some co-workers and realized you can't just give non-technical people a link to the project site or they are extremely likely to end up downloading some kind of spyware.

squiffsquiff 5y ago
From the link it appears to be available in the Microsoft store. If you're on Windows already, is that a problem?
- executive 5y ago
  Store version is $6.99
  - pseudosavant 5y ago
    Exactly. We can support good software for less than the cost of eating out for lunch.
    - noveltyaccount 5y ago
      Yep and it auto updates from the windows store. This is one of the few free apps I pay for.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    Which is what I gladly payed for. Developers should be compensated for their work, just like any other professionals.
siverson914 5y ago
Use ninite.com!
Nexxxeh 5y ago
I don't think I've ever installed it like that. It's on Ninite, as is GIMP and Krita (and Inkscape for Vector).
antattack 5y ago
https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/tag/v4.3 https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/tag/v4.3
MauranKilom 5y ago
Is this still the case? Not going to reiterate my comment upthread here, but I can't reconcile it with what I currently see...
- detaro 5y ago
  not as bad as described, but still: https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html, the linked site to download if not using the Windows Store, has small text "To download, please click the Free Download Now link to the right." at the top, immediately followed by a google ad slot - which at least for me loads an ad with a big blue "DOWNLOAD" button (well, when I turn adblocking and Firefox' inbuild anti-tracking thing off obviously).
  - moron4hire 5y ago
    They've cleaned it up even within the last 6 months. There used to be Play Store ads with big "Install" buttons to the top, right, and maybe even bottom of the actual download.

squiffsquiff 5y ago

From the link it appears to be available in the Microsoft store. If you're on Windows already, is that a problem?

executive 5y ago
Store version is $6.99
- pseudosavant 5y ago
  Exactly. We can support good software for less than the cost of eating out for lunch.
  - noveltyaccount 5y ago
    Yep and it auto updates from the windows store. This is one of the few free apps I pay for.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  Which is what I gladly payed for. Developers should be compensated for their work, just like any other professionals.

siverson914 5y ago

Use ninite.com!

Nexxxeh 5y ago

I don't think I've ever installed it like that. It's on Ninite, as is GIMP and Krita (and Inkscape for Vector).

antattack 5y ago

https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/tag/v4.3 https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/tag/v4.3

MauranKilom 5y ago

Is this still the case? Not going to reiterate my comment upthread here, but I can't reconcile it with what I currently see...

detaro 5y ago
not as bad as described, but still: https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html, the linked site to download if not using the Windows Store, has small text "To download, please click the Free Download Now link to the right." at the top, immediately followed by a google ad slot - which at least for me loads an ad with a big blue "DOWNLOAD" button (well, when I turn adblocking and Firefox' inbuild anti-tracking thing off obviously).
- moron4hire 5y ago
  They've cleaned it up even within the last 6 months. There used to be Play Store ads with big "Install" buttons to the top, right, and maybe even bottom of the actual download.