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On acquisitions like DarkSky (RIP), sure. This looks a lot more like a Logic-style acquisition. Pixelmator would slot nicely into the same consumer set of prod

On acquisitions like DarkSky (RIP), sure. This looks a lot more like a Logic-style acquisition. Pixelmator would slot nicely into the same consumer set of productivity apps that ship with all Macs (Pages, Numbers, Keynote). Photomator will get them back into the market they abandoned when Aperture was shuttered. Speaking of Aperture… am I the only person who remembers that Apple owns Claris? Why didn't Apple just hand off Aperture to Claris and say "just keep this thing working on new MacOS releases"?

SllX 2y ago
Claris isn’t really a dumping ground anymore. That’s how it started, but they’ve evolved their own business since then.
grahamj 2y ago
ugh don't get me started about Aperture. I'm still salty about that.
- sersi 2y ago
  I still haven't found an app that's as good as Aperture used to be with my workflow in term of UX/convenience etc... Never understood the logic of getting rid of it. I know a few people who actually switched to mac because of Aperture
  - kergonath 2y ago
    > I still haven't found an app that's as good as Aperture used to be with my workflow in term of UX/convenience etc... Me neither… I wanted to like Lightroom, which was the solution most of the community seemed to migrate to, but between the infuriating inconsistent UI and the predatory subscription model I did not use it for long. And now I have a Rube Goldberg thing that is janky and feels brittle.
    - grahamj 2y ago
      Yep same here, tried it for a while but Adobe's idea of UI just does not work for me. I reluctantly went to Photos, mainly because of ease of use on the phone for family members, but still I miss full tagging and smart album support.
      - kergonath 2y ago
        > I miss full tagging and smart album support Yes! And plugins are great, but the experience is not smooth, and quickly annoying when working with many photos. Also, switching libraries is not good. I wish it were more integrated because on paper, a photo management app combining the features of Affinity, DxO, and others sounds fantastic.
        girvo 2y ago
        Yeah the closest I've managed to get is Photos.app with Affinity plugins, and even then its still not as tightly integrated as I'd like.
        grahamj 2y ago
        Someone here mentioned Gentleman Coders Nitro and it looks great so might try that for tagging and smart albums.
        kergonath 2y ago
        It looks very interesting indeed. Thanks for the suggestion!
iwontberude 2y ago
And the management team that brought us ClarisWorks is still leading Apps to this day. Apple doesn't wipe out management during acquisitions, it permanently entrenches them in their structure.

SllX 2y ago

Claris isn’t really a dumping ground anymore. That’s how it started, but they’ve evolved their own business since then.

grahamj 2y ago

ugh don't get me started about Aperture. I'm still salty about that.

sersi 2y ago
I still haven't found an app that's as good as Aperture used to be with my workflow in term of UX/convenience etc... Never understood the logic of getting rid of it. I know a few people who actually switched to mac because of Aperture
- kergonath 2y ago
  > I still haven't found an app that's as good as Aperture used to be with my workflow in term of UX/convenience etc... Me neither… I wanted to like Lightroom, which was the solution most of the community seemed to migrate to, but between the infuriating inconsistent UI and the predatory subscription model I did not use it for long. And now I have a Rube Goldberg thing that is janky and feels brittle.
  - grahamj 2y ago
    Yep same here, tried it for a while but Adobe's idea of UI just does not work for me. I reluctantly went to Photos, mainly because of ease of use on the phone for family members, but still I miss full tagging and smart album support.
    - kergonath 2y ago
      > I miss full tagging and smart album support Yes! And plugins are great, but the experience is not smooth, and quickly annoying when working with many photos. Also, switching libraries is not good. I wish it were more integrated because on paper, a photo management app combining the features of Affinity, DxO, and others sounds fantastic.
      - girvo 2y ago
        Yeah the closest I've managed to get is Photos.app with Affinity plugins, and even then its still not as tightly integrated as I'd like.
      - grahamj 2y ago
        Someone here mentioned Gentleman Coders Nitro and it looks great so might try that for tagging and smart albums.
        kergonath 2y ago
        It looks very interesting indeed. Thanks for the suggestion!

iwontberude 2y ago

And the management team that brought us ClarisWorks is still leading Apps to this day. Apple doesn't wipe out management during acquisitions, it permanently entrenches them in their structure.