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by iLoveOncall 32 days ago
Gimp is shit. It has always been shit and likely will always be shit. The UI is made by Satan himself and it is much closer to Paint than to Photoshop in terms of feature coverage.

There's absolutely no reason to use Gimp when https://www.photopea.com/ exists.
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hootz 32 days ago
There's no reason to use GIMP when a closed-source ad ridden web app with premium AI features exists?
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iLoveOncall 32 days ago
Open-source is not a selling point and I'm amazed that some people still consider it as such in 2026.

I have absolutely no ads on Photopea.

Gimp doesn't have any AI feature, and you're free to not use any of the Photopea AI features, so not sure why it's relevant?

Yes, we indeed don't need Gimp when we have a free Photoshop equivalent.

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hootz 32 days ago
It is a selling point for me. Photopea can be closed tomorrow, and it will disappear from the face of the Earth. GIMP will never disappear, as it can be downloaded and forked, has no DRM like Photoshop, no ads, runs anywhere.

And Photopea does indeed have ads, and "No Ads" is one of the "features" of the premium subscription, as you can check by going to the account page.

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RankingMember 32 days ago
I prefer Pixlr.com myself (basically because it's Adobe Photoshop without the Adobe aspect).
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