This is like movie companies saying that me pirating a movie cost them money.

Absence of a free thing isn't going to magic some money into my wallet with which to buy your thing, I'm still broke AF.

Adobe hasn't lost anything, they have tied up "design" for any business use. Its a total monopoly.

Look... I like gimp a lot and Jehan is a G.

Adobe has lost basically nothing. Because Gimp is still ridiculously underpowered compared to Adobe Photoshop (let alone the rest of the suite). That is perfectly fine since the vast majority of users don't need those capabilities. But the people who do (e.g. professionals)? There is really no other choice.

I used Photoshop professionally for nearly 30 years. I retired and don't need it anymore, so now I use GIMP on Linux for the few personal projects I want to make.

GIMP's interface leaves a lot to be desired. One example, in Photoshop the Channels tab shows all the channels and includes any masks you make, they look and work similarly to the layers, and it's intuitive--when you learn one, you know the other. GIMP doesn't work that way, in fact I've yet to make sense of the channels.

Also, typically one would expect filters to only be applied to a selected layer and even to a selection within that layer. Some GIMP filters apply to the whole image, flattening my layers, and creating new ones. Fortunately, these are made in a new document, so you don't lose anything, but the filter cannot be applied to a partial image, you'd need to pull the result back into your original image and mask out the part you wanted. Very strange.

I could go on about how selecting works and doesn't work, but I won't.

No, Adobe has not "lost millions" due to GIMP, they haven't lost a cent. People who use GIMP were either never going to pay Adobe a cent, or already have and are using GIMP now, for similar reasons to my own. Virtually no one uses GIMP professionally at any volume of interest to Adobe.

It's a good and useful tool, but it's severely lacking compared to Photoshop.

Ive used gimp since 2010. Its so good. I used to be a lot better at it back in university than I am now. But it still use it all the time.

Switched to GIMP from Photoshop probably 15 years ago. Adobe didn't lose any money, however, I've always pirated from those greedy fucks.

Man ain't nobody lost money because of Gimp. Flawed argument aside, at least Blender could be in for a shout

What are some other good open alternatives to GIMP?

Having been in the design trade for 20 years, I’ve mastered countless design applications, but GIMP’s UI is something I have always struggled with.

My goto these days has been photopea when I need something fast and free… but it’s not open and it’s ad supported.

Yah, Adobe execs are crying about GIMP in their mattresses stuffed with thousand-dollar bills.

Bullshit, atomizing and pandering headlines aside, GIMP is a great program for light-duty graphics work and very easy to learn how to do impressive things with and a great intro to graphics programs and photo editing before investing in a more robust program.

But can he make a circle?

If pirating Photoshop counts as a lost sale then so does downloading GIMP.

If so, this man is one of the greatest software pirates ever.

The weirdest part is the name. Is there any way I can use the software without typing that BDSM term?

This troll again?

Such a horrible product name.

Millions of dollars? That's not much.

This is a cool fun fact, but it's not really an interesting picture. Should've been posted in Today I Learned or something instead of Pics.

A few of the replies here, those making those replies, could do with having someone introduce them to the concept of "put up or hack up", and getting into a Free Software philosophy mindset, and out of a consumer mindset.

GIMP's free software. Free to use, study, share and change... You the user are empowered. Even if you yourself lack aptitude (beyond just having never tried), you can still seek the services of others, be it those you pay to implement what you want, or, form a community of like minded individuals with similar needs to be met, and from there, start to make it as you want. These days, even LLMs can help curate the software into forms more suited to your needs. ... That is, where that's not already happened, or where there are reconfigurations you were simply not aware of, because it had not occurred to you to search for such, having been conditioned to stay in the box by the consumer mindset the corporation curated in your mind. It's refreshing to get out of having your mind curated by the corporation, and into using your mind to curate your software.

Either the user controls the software, or the user is controlled by the software and those who control the software.

It's a different philosophy. Not just a different platform for you as a "consumer". You're not a cash-cow for the corporation, with Free Software. You can contribute. Scratch those itches yourself. You may find others share the same itch. Giving back, is a much more rewarding experience than just hoping daddy corporation will give you what you want while you continue to atrophy your abilities.

Put up or hack up. ;)

The GIMP user would never have paid Adobe for Photoshop anyway.

If anything, it actually helped people get into photo editing and ended up using Photoshop at their work.

I should mail this guy $5. Or, like, an edited image of a $5 bill with his face on it.