Free software scares normal people

Engineering manager and developer

Two remarkable posts on HN today: the new release of Affinity is now free and Canva-subsidized and Free software scares normal people There is a bit to unpack as to why these two are related: the first is about Affinity, which is a remarkable and very feature-complete suite of applications for graphics, and the other is about Handbrake having an “intimidating” UI. The two are in perfect connection, for an important reason: we often parade “intuitiveness” as a virtue, but with applications that are tools very few people take the effort to unpack what that coveted intuitiveness is. Or should be.