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I think they also like shortcuts. So that's probably the best it could possibly go. If Apple buys you and decides you're going to be part of our existing system. platform, right? We're not going to continue to sell you as a third-party app. You're literally going to be part of iOS or you're going to be part of an existing app like Apple Photos or whatever. That's like the best it can go.

I think they also like shortcuts. So that's probably the best it could possibly go. If Apple buys you and decides you're going to be part of our existing system. platform, right? We're not going to continue to sell you as a third-party app. You're literally going to be part of iOS or you're going to be part of an existing app like Apple Photos or whatever. That's like the best it can go.

That's normally not how it happens. Most of the time when Apple buys small companies, whatever they were making is never seen again. Now, the bad story about pro apps is Apple, many, many years ago, went on a series of buying sprees, buying up all these pro applications to essentially make its own pro suite of stuff. Final Cut Pro was bought from Macromedia, maybe. They bought Shake and Motion.

That's normally not how it happens. Most of the time when Apple buys small companies, whatever they were making is never seen again. Now, the bad story about pro apps is Apple, many, many years ago, went on a series of buying sprees, buying up all these pro applications to essentially make its own pro suite of stuff. Final Cut Pro was bought from Macromedia, maybe. They bought Shake and Motion.

Logic, I think, was purchased. Aperture, I forget if that was purchased or they just purchased the people who were writing it or hired them. But anyway, they had a bunch of pro apps that they were making. They used to sell for a lot of money. And one by one, Apple has lost interest in those pro apps. Aperture went away. Shake went away.

Logic, I think, was purchased. Aperture, I forget if that was purchased or they just purchased the people who were writing it or hired them. But anyway, they had a bunch of pro apps that they were making. They used to sell for a lot of money. And one by one, Apple has lost interest in those pro apps. Aperture went away. Shake went away.

I think they sold something called Color as a color correction. They sold these things for hundreds of dollars trying to sell them to professionals, and eventually Apple was like, we're losing interest. Final Cut somehow has survived, barely. But a lot of the other ones went away.

I think they sold something called Color as a color correction. They sold these things for hundreds of dollars trying to sell them to professionals, and eventually Apple was like, we're losing interest. Final Cut somehow has survived, barely. But a lot of the other ones went away.

And so now when Apple buys an app like Pixelmator, any youngster who's like, wow, they're going to make a Photoshop competitor. It's like, look, been there, done that. Apple had a brief moment where it's like, we're going to make apps that compete with Adobe. and they gave up.

And so now when Apple buys an app like Pixelmator, any youngster who's like, wow, they're going to make a Photoshop competitor. It's like, look, been there, done that. Apple had a brief moment where it's like, we're going to make apps that compete with Adobe. and they gave up.

It's not because the apps were bad or terrible, but Apple stopped putting money into the development of them, and you will never compete with Adobe if you do that. Adobe will continue to put money into Photoshop. So if you're going to compete with Photoshop, you can't make the app once and ship it and say, huh, isn't it great?

It's not because the apps were bad or terrible, but Apple stopped putting money into the development of them, and you will never compete with Adobe if you do that. Adobe will continue to put money into Photoshop. So if you're going to compete with Photoshop, you can't make the app once and ship it and say, huh, isn't it great?

Maybe we'll update it again in six years, but we're not going to tell you. That's not how to compete. So Apple needs to decide, do you want to make pro applications at all? If so, you could make a Photoshop-ish competitor product out of the Pixelmator suite of things. But if you do that, anyone who's old enough to remember Aperture and so on will go, eh, no thanks.

Maybe we'll update it again in six years, but we're not going to tell you. That's not how to compete. So Apple needs to decide, do you want to make pro applications at all? If so, you could make a Photoshop-ish competitor product out of the Pixelmator suite of things. But if you do that, anyone who's old enough to remember Aperture and so on will go, eh, no thanks.

Apple doesn't seem like they're really committed to this whole pro app thing. I'm not going to switch my whole life to their platform and get all on board for it. Just when I'm just when the finally the good version of aperture comes out, it's the last version and they're never going to make it again. And now, you know, I'm screwed.

Apple doesn't seem like they're really committed to this whole pro app thing. I'm not going to switch my whole life to their platform and get all on board for it. Just when I'm just when the finally the good version of aperture comes out, it's the last version and they're never going to make it again. And now, you know, I'm screwed.

So there's that sort of past trauma of pro apps, which makes anybody over a certain age look at this and say, there's just no way. They are going to continue shipping and developing Pixelmator to the degree that the Pixelmator company was.

So there's that sort of past trauma of pro apps, which makes anybody over a certain age look at this and say, there's just no way. They are going to continue shipping and developing Pixelmator to the degree that the Pixelmator company was.

You know, Pixelmator, the company, was making new versions of Pixelmator Pro, improving it over time, adding, you know, when the AI features came around, Pixelmator Pro was one of the first apps to have it. They have a really good, like, you know, equivalent of Apple's cleanup tool where you, like, scribble over something to erase it or whatever. That's one of the first things I bought it for.

You know, Pixelmator, the company, was making new versions of Pixelmator Pro, improving it over time, adding, you know, when the AI features came around, Pixelmator Pro was one of the first apps to have it. They have a really good, like, you know, equivalent of Apple's cleanup tool where you, like, scribble over something to erase it or whatever. That's one of the first things I bought it for.