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What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by protein@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If they do a bad enough job they'll create a niche for a competitor to fill.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a dream. The googles and such just buy them out and shut them down. There is always a bigger fish that spends more money preserving the status quo than making a product.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago

True - that's a big reason I like open source software. Doesn't help with search though.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I would love to see exactly how many people dropped Adobe after the latest drama, I would bet it would look exactly like the Netflix micro dip after shutting down password sharing.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

No one that works in the industry is going to drop Adobe, because there's no other functional alternative that offers an even remotely similar feature set. A lot of the files I get from clients are .ai (Illustrator) or .indd (InDesign) files, and I have to use the appropriate programs to open them, and the most up-to-date versions of those programs, or else I end up missing parts of their files.

Users that are 100%, fully independent don't have to worry about any of that. But those people are rare.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

I have a laptop where half the keyboard doesn’t work and the mouse gave out, but my full paid Acrobat works, so I keep it.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

That's why a lot of us are here after all.