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ArtCraft Apps – open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust

98 points · 99 comments · aghuang

  1. colesantiago · · focus · HN ↗
    As soon as I saw this software suite about 2 days ago, I shorted Adobe Inc immediately.

    Adobe to $120 price target at least, could be even lower.

    1. brookst · · focus · HN ↗
      Same for Microsoft and others. There is still a business in selling and supporting software, but not in creating it, and barriers to entry are now purely about sales and service.
      1. somacore · · focus · HN ↗
        These companies are going to start tagging files not made by their software as not being "genuine" and freak out a bunch of IT people, who will then ban these apps.
        1. doc_ick · · focus · HN ↗
          I mean pdf is made by Adobe so they can change their standard. If I were distributing software I’d want guarantees it only ingests trusted data, not only for software but for non-tech peoples trusts. No need for poisoned data further diving into the software/llms.
          1. kmeisthax · · focus · HN ↗
            PDF is an ISO standard. People are buying Acrobat to open, edit, and publish ISO-standard PDF files, NOT just "the shit Acrobat publishes".

            Now that being said, Adobe has plenty of non-standardized file formats that they absolutely could do AutoCAD-style shenanigans with.

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