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Ask HN: Black Friday Deals for Software?
Over the years I've purchased variety of software from software VPNs to text editors from BlackFriday deals. This years I don't have anything specific on my mind, so I thought I might as well ask the hive mind to send pointers to BlackFriday deals for (great!) software. Thanks!
- denlekke 3y agoi'm not a fan of adobe but they are an industry standard and have a deal for 50% off the full suite 1 year plan which strikes me as a decent deal
- troymc 3y agoAffinity makes some great alternatives to Photoshop and Illustrator (and you only pay for it once rather than monthly). They have a 40% off deal for Black Friday. See https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/
- Tistron 3y agoPlus an additional 25% off if you're upgrading from v1, which I did today.
- rixrax 3y agoThanks for the tip! Already an Affinity user, but had missed the whole version 2.
- tommiegannert 3y agoAny experience running it on Linux? The WineHQ AppDB [1] table doesn't look great, but [2] offers some hope. [1] https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=vendor&iId=580&sAction=view&sTitle=View+Developer https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bI... [2] https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182758-affinity-suite-v204-on-linux-wine/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182758-aff...
- troymc 3y agoNo, I haven't tried to run Affinity apps on Linux. I do use Linux (desktop) quite a lot, but I haven't found anything quite like Affinity Designer for Linux, i.e. GPU-accelerated vector graphics rendering. For simple projects, I often use BoxySVG (which is free on Linux). For photo / raster graphics editing, I find that Krita meets all my needs on Linux.
- tommiegannert 3y ago> BoxySVG Both a PWA and desktop app. Cool! https://boxy-svg.com/ https://boxy-svg.com/
- leeeeeep101 3y ago50% off https://netwrck.com https://netwrck.com which is an AI Art Generator/Chatbot platform
- canada_dry 3y agoOk, not really software, but I'm hoping phind does a last minute BF deal (doubt they'll bother/need to) on their annual $300 offering. I'd swap it for my current $20/mnth openAI subscription.
- wdb 3y agoI think there will be Cybermonday deals? I am waiting for Monday :)
- ydnaclementine 3y agoNot software, but pragprog has 40% of all ebooks/audio books with code: https://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2023-11-17.html https://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2023-11-17.html
- loco5niner 3y agoPaprikaApp - recipe app I love https://www.paprikaapp.com/ https://www.paprikaapp.com/ iOS and Android apps are currently 40% off macOS and Windows apps are currently 50% off
- thefz 3y agoBvckup 2.
- 5balloons 3y agoKeep an eye on https://blackfridaydeals.dev https://blackfridaydeals.dev
- predictand 3y agoThis GitHub repo has a bunch of software deals from indie makers: https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mond... I would also recommend you check out https://www.heuristi.ca/ https://www.heuristi.ca/. I am a bit biased here since I am the founder but it is a great tool for learning, exploration, and divergent thinking. It is 40% off for Black Friday.
- emkaka 3y agoIf you're using macOS, here you can find my 2 apps: SideNotes and Workspaces. Both discounted 40% and both are one-time-purchase. https://www.apptorium.com/black-friday-2023 https://www.apptorium.com/black-friday-2023
- nithinjawahar 3y agoI put together a list of 100 blackfriday deals from indie makers that include developer tools,SaaS & mac apps : https://www.indiedeals.co/ https://www.indiedeals.co/
- tomaslau 3y agoI worked on https://saas.blackfriday https://saas.blackfriday featuring 40+ deals of marketing, SEO, sales, CRM, dev, product, and business software. Deals vary from extended trials, extra credits, discounts to lifetime plans. Ending soon.