Maxon puts the Forger sculpting app for iPad on life support
www.theverge.com
ZBrush is officially the favorite child.

Same company acquired two very similar apps.

One required a $14/year subscription, the other $90/year

So they “carefully considered this decision” by delisting the cheaper one for the more expensive one. Boom, 500% cost increase

Don’t want to pay? Well, your files are hostage. Stop paying and lose your data.

Ps: remember the lie “subscription for software assures constant updates”?

The announcement serves as the final nail in the coffin for one of the iPad’s oldest and most popular sculpting apps, which hasn’t received any major updates since 2023.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    34·
    1 day ago

    Same company acquired two very similar apps.

    One required a $14/year subscription, the other $90/year

    So, why are you using a subscription at all, and not a free and open source app?

    You know what Blender is? It’s the industry standard. Why is it the industry standard? Because it’s free, open-source GPL, it can never be taken away from you, it can never be “acquired”, everybody’s using it, and everybody is contributing towards improving it. Nobody is bitching about how Blender is extracting millions of dollars from its users and reducing its feature set at the same time. (*cough cough* Photoshop *cough*)

    Free and open source software. Every. Single. Fucking. Time. Fuck subscriptions.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        16 hours ago

        I am starting to see professional people in professional companies using Blender, It’s not everyone, it’s not everywhere, But I’m definitely getting requests for Blender plugins in a professional environment.

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
    69·
    1 day ago

    Any Software that I previously used that switched to a subscription model has been replaced by FOSS on my end, even if it’s not fully up to par yet I am usually much happier with the alternatives.

    Plex > Jellyfin

    Office > Libreoffice / Collabra

    Photoshop > Gimp

    …

    • Coelacanthus@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
      1·
      21 minutes ago

      Only GIMP can’t cover all usages of Photoshop well. For image editing, GIMP is a good replacement; for painting, Krita is better.

    • minibyte@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      38·
      1 day ago

      Shout out to the FOSS community here on Lemmy, who are extremely helpful in providing FOSS alternative references.

    • crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      19·
      24 hours ago

      Gimp and inkscape for vector work, both nice. There is also PhotoGimp, kind of an overlay that changes the interface of Gimp to resemble Photoshop, nice for those transitioning. There is also Krita which has been getting a lot of development, cross between Photoshop and Illustrator, reminds me of the old Adobe Fireworks program. Who remembers that old line of software?

      • Redkey@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        12 hours ago

        It’s weird to me how GIMP and Krita clearly share a large amount of code under the hood, and even some UI design, but at the same time it feels so much less painful to draw illustrations in Krita than in GIMP. I’m glad I gave it a try.

    • CybranM@feddit.nuEnglish
      91·
      1 day ago

      I can’t get into gimp, it’s just too unintuitive and clunky imho. I’ve switched from PS to Affinity which is a one time purchase, got it 50% off when they had the “fuck Adobe” sale last year

  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.orgEnglish
    13·
    1 day ago

    God i hate subscriptions. All it does is encourage them to charge more and do less.

    Nomad is a one time price like procreate and is very good. Blender for everything else.

    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      Except in the case of employees being the ‘subscription’, where companies are encouraged to demand more and pay less

  • Coelacanthus@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
    182·
    1 day ago

    In anicent China, the writer and statesman Su Xun (蘇洵，苏洵) wrote a article named “On the Six Fallen States” (六國論, 六国论) about why the six states (韓、趙、魏、楚、燕、齊) were conquered by Qin (秦) during the Warring States period (戰國時代，战国时期)? The following is an excerpt from the relevant paragraph.

    今日割五城，明日割十城，然后得一夕安寝。
    One day five cities could be ceded, and on the next day, another ten cities could be surrendered just so that a certain person would have a single night of good sleep.
    起视四境，而秦兵又至矣。
    But in waking up and looking around, Qin troops again were approaching.
    然则诸侯之地有限，暴秦之欲无厌，奉之弥繁，侵之愈急。
    However, there was a limit to the available land of the lords and callous Qin’s avarice could never be satiated. The more there were giveaways, the more earnest Qin’s aggression would become.
    故不战而强弱胜负已判矣。
    So, even before going into battle, the odds-on-favorite and the most likely victor had already been decided.
    至于颠覆，理固宜然。
    As to the ultimate toppling, that was a forgone conclusion.
    古人云：“以地事秦，犹抱薪救火，薪不尽，火不灭。”
    Ancient people said: “Using land to serve Qin State would be like carrying firewood to put out fire. As long as there’s firewood left, the fire would not be extinguished.”

    In ancient, the six states use land to serve Qin state; in modern, the people use money to serve the companies provide subscription. The more people who pay for a subscription, the more power they have over price increases and control over your data.

  • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    Pirate zbrush and try Nomad. I don’t have a tablet so I never gave it a go.

    As for Zbrush, Maxon has done absolutely nothing of value to it since its acquisition. I purchased the perpetual license when it was still Pixologic and that’s what I keep using. I hear from industry professionals that I don’t miss out on absolutely anything new at all.