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no_wizard 4 hours ago

The acquisition of the Affinity software by Canva I imagine motivated this.

It’s even a similar pricing model, though technically with Pages / Numbers / Keynote covers a little more ground but I think the main intent is to get creatives using Apple’s creative software again

Pixelmator being the only 3rd party software because Apple never made a competitor to Photoshop

Though since Canva went full on toward more robust tools I imagine they have started capturing the entire editing chain more than they did 2-3 years ago, hence the Affinity acquisition

Someone 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> Pixelmator being the only 3rd party software because Apple never made a competitor to Photoshop

Pixelmator isn’t third party. https://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2024/11/01/a-new-home-for-pi...:

“November 1, 2024

A new home for Pixelmator

Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple”

That deal completed almost a year ago.