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17 days agoWe still don’t have a good alternative for prepress production media. I’ve seen some workarounds, but Adobe is the only actively developed option feature complete for this use case. Mostly because the chances that prepress workers and offset printer operators are also FOSS fiends and developers abysmally low. Prepress is such a small industry too since most people don’t really care if their print media looks like shit
I see it the same way as mail. Getting the mail is so exciting as a kid because it’s a glimpse into being one of those adults; you race to the mailbox to be like the grownups. Nowadays, I drag my feet getting the mail because it’s just another pile of junk and bills that I already paid and wish were paperless.