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by michaelt 4816 days ago
Gerbers are fine for sending PCB layouts to board manufacturers - but what about my schematics and my library of footprints for parts I've used before?

Traditionally EDA tools are weak at importing and exporting this sort of thing which makes moving between tools a total pain. Could be inconvenient if your commercial offering had a price increase, presuming you plan to have a commercial offering (it's not 100% clear from your website; I assume you're planning to make money somehow?).
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cussiel 4815 days ago
As you have said, tools in general are weak in importing and exporting, chances are you won't be able to import it into the other tool, anyway. As long as there's no standardized format for exhanging this info, it's hard to support these features. In circuits.io at least you benefit from other peoples work on component libraries.
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michaelt 4815 days ago
True - but non-cloud-based software will keep working even if the developers go out of business or have to increase their prices (unless it has DRM or is leased by the month) - my 10-year-old copy of Altium Designer still works just fine.
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