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Pixelmator's continued commitment to making their products and brand as "Apple-y" as possible is pretty impressive. Even their marketing pages and blog are near
by ftio 3y ago
Pixelmator's continued commitment to making their products and brand as "Apple-y" as possible is pretty impressive. Even their marketing pages and blog are nearly identical to Apple's — they certainly feel identical even if they aren't a pixel-for-pixel copy.
It must be great for sales, because it feels like you're buying the "missing" Pro application in the Final Cut/Logic/? triumvirate (I guess Photomator is sort of a spiritual successor to Aperture's editing features). But I do wish their UI had more labeling, especially in the right-hand menu, which is just a giant column of icons.
I wonder if part of the rationale is to set themselves up for a tuck-in acquisition by Apple.
- crazygringo 3y ago> I wonder if part of the rationale is to set themselves up for a tuck-in acquisition by Apple. I doubt it. I think it's just that Mac fans like the Apple aesthetic, so they're copying it for the appeal, no larger strategic explanation needed. But then again, I've never quite understood why Apple doesn't spin off Final Cut Pro, except for inertia. Or maybe they keep it around to make sure there's at least one internal high-performance app team to make sure the macOS team doesn't do something dumb performance-wise?
- inconceivable 3y agoit's probably so nobody ports it to windows.
- noduerme 3y agoI'm pretty sure no one using Windows is making any money doing photo touch-ups or any other kind of design work (except maybe pre-press). OTOH neither is anyone using this junk unless their main gig is fixing their own selfies for some profitable influencer account.
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- zitterbewegung 3y agoOr maybe it’s a profitable project and it sells macs?
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- foxandmouse 3y agoIn my opinion, their website design has surpassed the boundaries of imitation, giving it an uncanny resemblance to Apple's official site. This extreme similarity raises suspicion, making it appear like a phishing site to me..
- duxup 3y agoI really like Apple’s web design, then I reworked my personal site to follow that style and … I reached the same conclusion, it was too close and felt scammy / weird. I didn't use it. I realized I just wanted clean / simple but not too close to a company where it started to feel "off".
- roughly 3y agoI don’t think this is what you’re saying, but just to be super clear for anyone else coming through - Pixelmator is extremely _not_ a scam. Their products really are top notch.