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

103 points · 122 comments · aghuang

praet · 1791164712 · focus · HN ↗
Adobe's moat is so small, so it's a matter of time until someone frustrated with their pricing would rather just rebuild the entire Creative Suite. I have also rebuilt the features from Photoshop I want using Rust recently (primarily because the company I work for started blocking Photopea, but I digress...) and it's been a great to work with. I can imagine the same would hold true for Lightroom, Illustrator, and Indesign.
Overall, looks like a cool project. Looking forward to the *Craft repos on github gaining traction
1. Hobadee · 1791179457 · focus · HN ↗
  > someone frustrated with their pricing
  What about their service?
  1. VerifiedReports · 1791183889 · focus · HN ↗
    Yep. I was on a long plane trip and settled in to do a bunch of work in InDesign, only to have the POS try to re-validate my subscription at that moment, without even a one-day workaround to no Internet connection.
    But then I remembered that the flight had free Internet. So I log in... only to have these morons try to TEXT my phone a 2FA code. On the plane.
    After I got back I checked with our IT department and found that our Adobe licenses are paid up for TWO YEARS.
    Despicable.

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