I’ll go out on a limb here and suggest that most of the FOSS alternatives I’ve discovered in the last 12-18 months have been just as good if not better than paid alternatives. The issue they face mostly is lack of visibility. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I discovered Beat for screenplay writing for the first time.
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MusketeerX@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Thanks for sharing.
All too often the free and open alternatives (or these days even just the non-subscription alternatives!) involve compromising some features or convenience.
But not always.
nevernevermore@kbin.social 7 months ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This was 100% the case 10 year ago.
These days, ymmv.
For example, 10 years ago, QGIS was kind-of a joke. If you werent using ESRI you were fucked.
Now, the ESRI products are so full of anti-features, I would never consider using them, meanwhile, QGIS has improved to be basically the industry standard.
rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 7 months ago
Oh this is nice to hear, I had to switch to Arcpro at work and I don't like it. I have been putting off checking the qgis I have on my personal computer so I'll have to see what's up.