@ReneRebe I wounder if #Steinberg reacts to #Audacity modernizing the same way they did to #AVID's continued #Enshittification of #Sibelius...

• And yes, I do ironically cite @tantacrul simply because he's not just criticizing but chose to #DoBetter himself!

Granted, #competition is good and given that #Steinberg needs to convince people to use their suite over #FLOSS is good for everyone because it forces everyone to "up their game"!

• By contrast, lack of #competition allows #Autodesk to basically #monopolize #engineering #Software at the expense of everyone because costly #subscriptions will be added on as cost down the line from R&D to the final product!

(And yes, I still hate myself for not having bought a perpetual Hobbyist License for #Eagle when #CadSoft was still an independent company. I should've paid that €125 back in 2008!)

@dragonminded I guess with #Autodesk enshittifying their toolchain with more and more expensive subscriptions did force a lot if folks to actually invest time and effort and money into #KiCad.

• And TBH, they deserve it, because there needs to be real #competition to Autodesk's stuff even if it's just for hobbyists and small-scale projects.

And yes, I still regret not having bought #Eagle when #CadSoft offered a #NonCommercial / #Hobbyist license for €125 one-time, cuz I'd still be rickin' that today.

@cammel Ich bereue es immernoch dass ich seinerzeit keine €125 hatte um die #Einmalkauf-Lizenz für #Eagle zu investieren, wo es noch von #CadSoft war.

• #Autodesk ist so'n Saftladen der wie #Adobe kartellrechtlich zerschlagen gehört.

@ahriboy @tagesschau @Dexruus @jesterchen Granted, lack of regulatory action allowed companies like Adobe and espechally Autodesk to de-facto monopolize several software fields and discontinue One-Time Purchase options.

Yes, I still hate myself for not having bought the €125 perpetual non-commercial hobbyist license for #Eagle when #CadSoft was still around...

But regulators like @EU_Commission & @[email protected] don't seem to grasp the serious of these #monopolization efforts...