Paying for software is stupid… 10 free and open-source SaaS replacements

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[@Syntax1867]

"As developers we don't do things because they are easy.... We do them because we thought they are going to be easy" The most important point in this video

[@tablettablete186]

Accurate

[@KyranFindlater]

yeah there's a pretty good reason we just throw money at these issues - because while it's cool and possible to roll your own or set up a free alternative, who has resources for that shit? who can bother maintaining it? the cost of time and the person who has to set it all up and mess around with it as it's constantly breaking has some serious cost better off just spent on a $20/month/developer.

[@LuisSierra42]

real af

[@mr.togrul--9383]

This is so true

[@tfat00]

This is the way

[@goonp8362]

1:05 Microsoft Office --> LibreOffice 1:45 Airtable --> NocoDB 2:08 Notion --> AppFlowy(dot)IO 3:11 Salesforce CRM --> ERPNext 3:41 Slack --> Mattermost 4:13 Zoom --> Jitsi Meet 4:37 Jira --> Plane 4:50 FireBase --> Convex, Appwrite, Supabase, PocketBase, instant 5:22 Vercel --> Coolify 5:22 Heroku --> Dokku 5:48 Adobe Premier --> DaVinci Resolve 5:48 Adobe Illustrator --> Krita 5:48 Adobe After Effects --> Blender 6:08 --> picture of list

[@HuynhLuong227]

thanks for list

[@Neuvalence]

goat

[@catto-from-heaven]

After Effects can also be -> DaVinci Resolve, and Illustrator is actually -> Inkscape; Krita is for digital painting, not for vector illustration

[@pieterrossouw8596]

Only way to beat a timestamp guy is to make a docker-compose file with all of these.

[@Gigusx]

@@catto-from-heaven and most importantly, Windows -> Linux 😉

[@sneakdroids]

"We don't do things because they are easy; we do things because we thought they would be easy;" is the kind of quote that deserves to be on a t-shirt.

[@theodorekorehonen]

However its kind of ridiculous to hear from a youtuber who makes a video on FOSS software but then doesn't even bother to use it. This just seems like a thinly veiled ad

[@whiteingale]

Nah, I'd rather get TempleOS.

[@MiguelAngel-fw4sk]

Thinly veiled ad? Bro do you think that these projects that don’t make a penny of you using then are gonna pay for an ad?

[@AnonymousYoutubeUserA]

I got it printed on poster which takes up 180cm-ish wide and have it above my bed lmao

[@xucongzhan9151]

@@theodorekorehonen Actually... If you've been following long enough, Jeff used to use KDE back in the days.

[@Jugbot]

My favorite monetization model is free for plebs and paid for corps.

[@MrLelopes]

Everyone is a self Corp today. We are autonomous, self employed workers dealing with fees only big Corp could

[@JustSomeGuy009]

Adobe and Autodesk do the "hook them while their young" thing as well. They do it through school programs that teach the software but don't actually pay for any of it through free licensing for students, teachers, etc.

[@tayzonday]

I’m glad people are still alive who use Vanilla Ice jokes. It’s like my parents telling a Yul Brynner joke in the 1990s, only now I am my parents.

[@AllenKll]

I would love to hear a yule brenner joke...

[@BongShlong]

Either we have eerily similar taste or you comment a lot Mr chocolate rain man. Don't you have adhd with severe executive dysfunction too? This can't be an accident. Proof that I have adhd is that I can remember weird stuff like this about a guy I've never met

[@RedBigz]

Oh hey Tay, didn't know you were a developer

[@LuisSierra42]

@@RedBigz we are all devs on this blessed day

[@seedstun4581]

CHOCOLATE RAIN

[@BeautifulModelBarbaraHutch-v4e]

If you are using a piece of FOSS and it brings good value to your life please consider donating to the maintainers of said software. They are the ones making a difference in our corporation-owned world.

[@chriscreations8853]

Boolean Donate = True;

[@ACCESSZERO1]

These bots are getting good 😵

[@tokileau-1042]

​​@@ACCESSZERO1What ?! I didn't even notice it 😳🤣

[@Purpleblackviolet]

​@@ACCESSZERO1 don't reply to it; it makes it worse

[@dinoscheidt]

And that is the reason paid money supported software is better: People treating OSS as „free all you can eat“…. Never thinking twice. Reinforcing the vicious cycle

[@RemnantCult]

The open source community is the only thing that's keeping me from becoming a total luddite these days, highlighting just how much good can come from ethical software.

[@6ch6ris6]

props for knowing about luddites

[@yesyouareright9800]

Glowies will come for you

[@tigerstallion]

truly inspiring. heroes walk among us

[@arizvisa]

100% agreed. although, if it wasn't for proprietary software, we wouldn't need reverse engineers anymore. perhaps that's a good thing...

[@kukuc96]

@@6ch6ris6 Who tf doesn't know about luddites?

[@coocoobau]

1:11 Funny story: in the 90s in highschool, M$ donated Windows 95 and Office to the school, together with some Intel PCs. Evil genius move to ensure the next generation of Wintel employees. Today, M$ is one of the largest employers in my country.

[@zimmejoc]

In the 80's Apple donated Apple 2's to the high schools in an attempt to hook the kids on Apple. There wasn't any software for them, so they gathered dust until the 90's when as you say, "M$ donated Windows 95 and Office to the school, together with some Intel PCs"

[@coocoobau]

@@zimmejoc Well, it seemed at the time M$ was better at this game. I think Apple caught up though.

[@zimmejoc]

@@coocoobau M$ had Word and Excel, so there was something for the kids to learn. The Apple 2e had its OS and you could write programs in basic on it, but that was about it. By virtue of having something for the computer to run that you didn't have to write for yourself, M$ was winning, But Apple has indeed caught up, but it took them almost going bankrupt and M$ infusing them with millions to get there though.

[@winicu]

List of Paid thing and their best Free alternative: 1. Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Office(Pirated) 2. Photoshop -> Photoshop(Pirated) 3. Windows -> Windows(Pirated) ✅Free ✅Open-Source(Assembly)

[@benjamindavis2475]

Genius

[@sheikhsadab]

Hackerman 😂😂

[@mclloydx]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kamo7293]

yar har fiddly dee being a pirate is alright to be

[@Muhaddith]

yeah but this isnt free as in freedom

[@AsheLucia]

Krita isn't a replacement for illustrator. Illustrator is vector art. Krita is a drawing/illustration tool. Inkscape is a more 1-to-1 replacement for illustrator.

[@DxBlack]

Not even 1-to-1 thanks to how poorly developed Inkscape has been over the years. If anything I'd say fk it and purchase a lifetime license from Affinity for Affinity Designer.

[@Pyritie]

@@DxBlack Inkscape's gotten a lot better recently

[@yoewiben]

@@DxBlack +1 affinity is great, all they need is linux support and video editing software to remove any reason to use adobe software

[@ItsTheSameCat]

@@DxBlack Affinity Designer is very nice.

[@desktorp]

@@DxBlack Inkscape would be just as good as Illustrator if only a fraction of its potential users gave a fraction of what they have paid Adobe.

[@mallninja9805]

The problem isn't so much finding the alternatives, it's convincing your VPs of Sales & IT and/or Engineering to sponsor the migration.

[@crookshanks5000]

Facts

[@Allenrythe]

That's why you just do it and start sharing your docker instance with people. Our entire stack is now self hosted because I just spooled up alternatives and shared them with people until enough of them said they preferred the one I spooled up.

[@plusone.network]

@@Allenrythe don't ask for permission, or forgiveness lol

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

It's hard to convince them for a reason, about half the time the free open source option costs more to deploy in a company... For instance Libre office is so incredibly crappy that I have people going around asking the single guy with an office license to do shit, using Redmine because it was "free" also has cost more than just using literally anything else

[@carmichaelits]

It starts at the schools. Microsoft indoctrinates kids by having the schools teach office...

[@demarcorr]

the logictech story isnt fake- my disdain for a company has never risen so rapidly than this.

[@goobieaus]

yeah they have just gutted their reputation over the years

[@Kwazzaaap]

The g305 just dies after 3 months no matter how many times I RMA it, left click or right click just becomes less reliable over time. And I got these headphones from them that immediately started peeling away and the peel just sticks to your skin it's unreal how trash their products have become.

[@w花b]

Logicrap

[@demarcorr]

@@Kwazzaaap big true- this MaaS is just the shit cherry on the shit cake.

[@almc8445]

I have a support ticket open with them at the moment, they keep trying to refer me off to Microsoft, but there’s a magic phrase in Australia to make support reps cooperate, “ACL” or “Australian Consumer Law”

[@OvercomerIdemudia]

How do u pack so much goodies into one short video. U crammed an entire series into a single video and it's under 7mins? GENIUS!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@OmerAsh]

He needs to do that because of the declining attention span. I personally don't like this style of content, but most content creators have no choice but to make their content fast paced with a lot of cuts or they'll lose their audience.

[@danbance5799]

Here's why I pay for MS Office for my staff: My staff cost me an average of $8000/month each. Maybe a little more, factoring in benefits, insurance and everything else that comes with running a business. Office costs $8/month each. That's 0.1% of what I pay them for them to do their job productively. Furthermore, my customers use office. They expect things to be in .DOCX or .XLSX or whatever. So while I resent it a little bit, it still makes more business sense than using Libre Office. On top of that, the Office license allows them to install it on their personal computer at home. I find it frustrating that my $100k/year programmer won't ask for a $200 tool that he needs to do his job. Like, a 1% increase in productivity is worth $1000. I'm a cheapskate, but I'm also good at math.

[@nousquest]

To address your two hangups, Libreoffice does export in .docx and anyone can install it anywhere

[@Man-tk2dc]

Work for me and I’ll pay you to pay all your staff and cover the software you need

[@bigsmoke4568]

​@@nousquest For basic excel files yes, but it'll throw up quite a few errors for excel files that are even moderately complex. Plus excel macros don't work on Libreoffice sheets

[@nuvanone]

A very similar reason applies to Adobe Illustrator, whilst being a mediocre program, the industry at large uses it. There's compatibility issues with the Affinity Suite, and because large corps are reticent to change their tools without significant economic upside, it forces others to also purchase Adobe to smooth the process. It feels like a situation where you have to wait for old companies to die and newer companies to rise up who fight for every dollar and so start with a non Adobe product.

[@mindaugask_]

​@@bigsmoke4568 google drive?

[@ME0WMERE]

You should absolutely pay for your software, but only as a donation and only when you can afford it. Remember that most FOSS projects are unpaid projects done by developers in their free time, so a bit of money is a good incentive and can potentially allow them to work on it full-time.

[@calebomega3824]

The problem is the overwhelming majority of people won't pay for open-source software. They'll just use it continuously for free without any care or consideration for the maintainers time and effort.

[@philippm8039]

​@@calebomega3824Sure it's not fair but the work is the same, if the software is used by 10, 10 thousand or 10 million devs. And the chance to receive donations is much higher the more popular the project gets.

[@sumayyahadetunmbi4347]

@@calebomega3824 I think you are kind of right and I am guilty of that as well

[@Tobikaboom1]

or, for people who can't really pay, even contributing with fixing errors and pointing out issues is a good idea. i was consulting a repository by nasa as i needed some 3d models from there, and whenever i noticed typos or errors in where the files were placed i would open an issue. it's by no means full on contributing, but spotting small errors is still, in a way, helping

[@ME0WMERE]

@@Tobikaboom1 totally. Ever contribution helps, no matter how minor.

[@user-dk5uv1xy5j]

Massive thanks, the most important thing here is that these are open sources, we should not forget to take a little time contribute or support them. Don't be like AWS, be a better !

[@ivannasha5556]

I'd rather pay twice the price for open source. Than pay to have my privacy invaded, mined and sold. It's weird than windows 11 is worse now than linux was in the late 90s. Especially considering how much hardware has improved.

[@rankarat]

​@@ivannasha5556 In what way is it worse?

[@lambertotamayo4320]

@@ivannasha5556 in what part? i use windows and linux, dont get what you are talking 😂😂

[@muhdiversity7409]

Fireship didn't kill himself.

[@helvosthecreator1920]

He is not suicidal.

[@AchedSphinx]

not to worry, it's really hard to get the people in charge of making decisions to actually make a decision.

[@flyhighstudios2759]

@@AchedSphinx Until profits or a company's bottom line is directly involved

[@roadracerdave7645]

It’s okay. He didn’t bad mouth Boeing yet.

[@bogdanalexandru2976]

He had build an AI avatar to continue his legacy

[@jez9999]

I worked for a small company where I thought I had some influence. One day the management came along and said we were "testing" Microsoft Teams. I wrote an email listing various things I didn't like about it and recommending alternatives. Everyone was forced over to Teams because it's "all in one place". Good luck convincing middle management of anything.

[@rick_er2481]

This..

[@BrendanMKav]

Pretty much all of these make tones of sense and I love it. The difficulty I can see is just team based work, or collaboration, particularly as a freelancer. Things like Notion or Google docs etc use the tools clients or other team members already use or are familiar with, same with slack and zoom etc. It's super annoying, and I'd love to employ free or cheap open source alternatives where I can. It's just difficult in some cases. Maybe I'll find some workaround as time goes on and the open source tools get better (and the mainstream closed sources become more expensive and less secure and riddles with AI), maybe then others will be more receptive to use what I use (i.e the open source stuff). Great video though, and awesome rec's. 🙌

[@camwha5904]

If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing

[@XDarkGreyX]

I swear I am so sick of this sentence due to sheer volume alone

[@Ramon314]

Piracy has never been stealing

[@josef5600]

Renting isn't owning

[@diegolikescode]

I'm gonna tattoo these words, dude

[@imran_huseyn]

Piracy was never stealing. Stealing doesnt retain the original. Piracy is copying.

[@Talking.To.America]

SaaS has turned software ownership into a never-ending rental nightmare.

[@programmerjowo]

Fact

[@AIInnovator-ct3zb]

Hello good night, please teach how to build a SaaS

[@rojastegulu]

You wouldn't rent a car

[@thatsalot3577]

Everything shouldn't have a rental pricing model but you have to consider that back in old days most softwares were client only, and barely connected to any servers, but now everything you use needs, a db, some LLM, and CPU (usually very little) which a lot of people are not interested in managing themselves, So Sass products have to be that way.

[@JohnMarston-lo5qk]

i love when retar ds like you don't really understand anything but just hate on stuff bcause it makes you a part of the mob🤣🤣

[@தமிழோன்]

Last time I checked, Fireship has a subscription model too. 😉

[@sad_man_no_talent]

ya can't complain just let him cook

[@juliuszkocinski7478]

I mean yeah, but it totally make sense as it's a content provider. You really can't expect Nexflix, Spotify, or heck, Brilliant to be a one time purchase

[@simonromanski401]

How is it possible to get so much information and be entertained at the same time! Love this channel

[@hisgenerals3793]

6:17 "As a developer we don't do things because they're easy, we do things because we thought they would be easy" The most relatable thing I've heard all year 😂😂

[@scrapycholo2659]

1:02 the hell you subscribin saas

[@JetJockey87]

This video was edited in place. Weird af. First time I watched it, he was saying about putting the company's head on a pike. Now it's about like and subscribe. I'm guessing the algorithm Gods didn't like the FOSS call to arms

[@connor43057]

The subtle King Terry (TempleOS) references every video are killing me man!

[@redacted3804]

He is gods chosen programmer. It is only right that he is paid due respect.

[@RngRoy280]

DaVinci is a free video editor but is not open source. Kdenlive could be a real open source alternative. Also, excellent video!

[@srki22]

Uber uses Mattermost, they customized it for their need.

[@DazaiTwelve]

Pirating Adobe is legal right

[@OberDesiah]

There is a potential for legal precedence there. On moral grounds. Let's all hope it happens at some point.

[@DonPatro92]

Yes, always.

[@MrDragonorp]

Depend on your country. If you pirate it for buissn3ss use and the business is run internationally. Then it can land lawsuits in countries that make pirating illegal like France. But that's a strech.

[@Spooky47-u4q]

Yes since adobe would own everything you make on there otherwise.

[@coal6tamarack2374]

I am no lawyer but I can assure you that pirating adobe software is at least completely morally justified.

[@laptopuser5198]

Quality is found here.

[@DavoReds]

6:05 I'm pretty sure that Inkscape is the better alternative for Illustrator, but you do you

[@askeladden450]

Krita is an alternative for photoshop, and natron is the alternative for aftereffects.

[@curtismantle]

The Affinity Suite is the better alternative to Illustrator and PS and while it’s a paid product it’s not SAAS and it’s low cost.

[@bn5055]

Also Darktable for those who use Lightroom

[@BbB-vr9uh]

I always feel so overwhelmed by these videos- just goes to show how much there is to learn in this industry.

[@ALTTABINMAINMENU]

I admire how packed with information your videos are, compared to pretty much everybody else who starts the video saying hi, it's me, please subscribe, let's get started, then intro, then sponsorship, then "without furtherado let's jump right into it", then "but before we start", mention some sponsors, , mention other videos, more calls for likes and subscribes, outro.

[@j1000a]

This may be your best video this year

[@tanko.reactions176]

as an upcoming saas developer dreaming big, no...

[@EricKinkead]

Knowing these videos are edited with Adobe was such a funny let down. 😅

[@mrgalaxy396]

And it perfectly illustrates why SaaS is so successful. It's good to have alternatives, but the reality is most of the time a well oiled billion dollar machine will create a better product than a bunch of passionate people who out of kindness refuse to monetize their hard work. There's only so much they can do without significant funding.

[@BomberLT]

Somehow Fireship forgot to mention that Davinci Resolve is not a free software too. It has a free version for most basic features (which are available on many other free video editors), but if you want to use professionally, you need to pay for a license.

[@soumilgupta3441]

Recently i got a new appreciation for OSS when i could fix a bug my self in Langchain. Love your vids! ❤🎉

[@arizvisa]

100%. that's why we should all be using open-source, because there's always a way to fix things, improve it, etc., and it's never opaque about what it's doing.

[@TeunSegers]

"We do them because we thought they were going to be easy." That nailed it so hard. You start off with a clear, concise plan and then things... escalate.

[@ArchitecturalAesthetics2046]

I went to architecture school using adobe and was never really able to give it up. Sure you can replace PS with gimp, Illustrator with inkscape, premiere with shotcut, etc, but tt's nice that the shortcuts are the same across all adobe softwares, instead of having to learn all the individual freewares.

[@alberteinstein9626]

Someone once famously said that "Let Microsoft start updates , while you Meditate at TempleOS "

[@somethings-random-things]

Every piece of software is free if you are willing to sail the high seas 🏴‍☠️

[@traveller23e]

Not if the software runs exclusively on someone else's server.

[@somethings-random-things]

​@@traveller23e steal the server (wdym real life piracy is theft?)

[@GinnyGlider]

Later ransomware, and their friend malware, knocks on your door.

[@HyviaVideoitaMansenlale]

Piracy is theft too, we just came up with fancy name for it to not feel bad while doing it. ​@@somethings-random-things

[@traveller23e]

@@somethings-random-things But that's taking it so it's not piracy. You should break in and copy the data onto your own servers, that's proper piracy. Oh and put a little personalised skull and crossbones sticker on the server on your way out.

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

Inkscape, Gimp, FreeCAD, Audacity, Scribus, Okular, Obsidian

[@crd716]

*Obsidian isn't open source, but you can view the minimized (slightly obfuscated) code with the developer console

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

@@crd716 I use it as a note taking app personally and happy with the current state of it. Thanks for the info on the lack of codability in the free version.

[@Ne-vc5pm]

I dont even know what audacity is supposed to replace. Audacity is THE audio editing software

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

@@Ne-vc5pm There must be something.

[@HT79]

Finally a mention of Gimp! I was searching all the comments and their replies for this.

[@Merabbit]

NocoDB is free in technical preview. No doubt they will flip a switch as soon as they reach feature parity with AirTable. They even say it on the website. “Please note : Pricing Plans are subjected to change as we shape it with the help of your valuable feedback and usage.” I’m not biting that hook.

[@nocodb]

NocoDB is being used by 1000s of companies in free and open source way. We provide free collaboration, access control & all the available views as well.

[@PlanetVz]

You're referring to their cloud hosting, but you can still self-host.

[@Charming_Orange]

5:03 well done!

[@tobias3581]

Might’ve been the best ever

[@AndrewJobz]

I haven't even reached 1:50 in the video, and the dude has already nailed so many facts that I'm worried for his life

[@isaach.1135]

"As developers, we don't do things because they are easy. We do things because we thought they would be easy." I hate it, and you're not wrong... Half way through a Python project to sync a legacy system with AD contacts. Made custom modules to read/write files this system uses to pull/push updates to a database burried in years and several acquisitions of abstractions. And I keep having to say "Hope to get this done next week" to my manager as I'm stuck in a refactor loop. I'd like to talk to whoever thought it was a good idea to have a dev/admin team of 1 with no guidance or much oversight on this legacy system. Specially as this is my first time working as a dev in any kind of business environment.

[@bimaajilaksana]

they will want you to do the work of 5 devs

[@mohitchauhan5969]

Simply Resign and join a new team or company.

[@nannerthepuss]

Just quit and change your identity and start over if any of this involves doing 2 to 3 refactoring by hand elif not having a pipfile elif trying to be a gangster and converting to/from functional (like god intended) to class(less) OOP. I can give you a reference for your new studio apartment in Omaha.

[@isaach.1135]

@mohitchauhan5969 not yet. I'm working for a university and have a benefit of degree programs. I'm not at risk of being let go because the administrative role I fill is not easy to replace (it'd be easier to replace the application which we are actively telling the business to do). And I'm biding my time to make some resume fillers. My employment doesn't prevent me from scrubbing sensitive info and making my work open source and taking it with me.

[@mohitchauhan5969]

@@isaach.1135 if it's a university program or volunteering then it is good they sure put you in a tough spot as in my case they have not provided SOPs and SEs.

[@RagnarokGenesis00]

3:04 is actually fireship

[@yousufhossain9768]

Blud hacking has using CMD

[@shannonia81]

I never cease to be amazed that Da Vinci Resolve is free

[@polymetric2614]

it's been bought by adobe :)

[@EzioBest-h9n]

It's Been A Few Days Since I Started Following Your Trading Advice, And I'm Already Hooked. Your Tips Are So Easy To Follow, Yet Incredibly Effective

[@claybford]

2:18 I wrote it in rust btw 🤣

[@lakshya5946]

What? REALLY ?

[@ankparptheinsane]

I believe that companies often choose SaaS solutions because they either don't have a dedicated IT department or only have 'shadow IT departments.' While open-source solutions are available and can be appealing, companies without in-house programmers to handle debugging and maintenance are less likely to opt for them. The time and effort required to seek help from forums, wait for responses, or rely on external support can be a significant deterrent.

[@ankparptheinsane]

@@cansagarri6749 That's a fair point, and the quality of support can definitely vary. However, even if support isn't perfect, having a specific provider gives companies a clear target for accountability. If something goes wrong, they have someone to hold responsible, and in some cases, even legal recourse. With open-source solutions, that level of accountability is often much harder to achieve. I mean, with a SaaS provider, if they fail to deliver the promised service, you can even take legal action. With open-source solutions, if something goes wrong, you're often left to deal with it on your own. Having formal contract could ease people mind.

[@ankparptheinsane]

@@cansagarri6749 That's a fair point, and the quality of support can definitely vary. However, even if support isn't perfect, having a specific provider gives companies a clear target for accountability. If something goes wrong, they have someone to hold responsible, and in some cases, even legal recourse. With open-source solutions, that level of accountability is often much harder to achieve. I mean, with a SaaS provider, if they fail to deliver the promised service, you can even take legal action. With open-source solutions, if something goes wrong, you're often left to deal with it on your own. Having formal contract could ease people mind.

[@y2kprawn]

Even at that, with a dedicated I,T team, the software has to be deployed and secured behind networks with proper user provisioning and sign on, high availability and regular data restore backup policies , and vuln checks on open source repos for exploits and be able to patch known exploits quickly without hampering productivity.

[@Benjam901]

I was looking for this comment. Glad it exists :)

[@CarelessForce]

@@y2kprawn this, as a consumer I'd never consider any of these expensive options, but organisations have requirements for security and reliability, which is the main justification for the costs. To use a business critical system that isn't properly supported is a crazy risk

[@alastairtheduke]

Affinity still has that magic, buy and own forever model. Love it for Photoshop and Illustrator replacements.

[@scotttovey]

Serif has good programs unfortunately; Infinity is OS version limited which is why I never bought it. When it first came out, I was running Win7 x32 and it would only run on x64. Then, when I upgraded to Win 8.1 x64, you had to have Win 10. That's like leading lambs to the slaughter. My inability to get the latest greatest, is protecting me from what is now; an OS spyware. If I go from Win 8.1, I'll likely install Linux with a VM and run my Windows programs that way. Unless WINE can handle them.

[@lpnp9477]

Wish it would come to Linux

[@scotttovey]

@@lpnp9477 "Wish it would come to Linux" Years ago I gave them the suggestion to port their software to Linux. The rejected my suggestion saying that they were working on a port to Mac. That is the typical company attitude of customers don't know what they are talking about. The last thing I purchased from them is their Movie Plus x6 software. I highly doubt that I will purchase anymore of their software as I am not willing to go down the rabbit whole of complete subjugation under the tyranny of big tech spying, and Microsoft is implementing, or has implemented AI spyware on Windows 11.

[@mindkill]

​@@scotttovey you are schizophrenic

[@PremiumFastlane]

Wow, my favorite video. I've been looking for open-source alternatives for years. Been avoiding those monthly payment tools and had already found some great options. Never supported this customer milking and never will. Thanks for saving time!

[@MishaZagreb-p2o]

What's funny is, people always come along with something "this is better and free", ultimately the free things turn paid, and more people come along and say "this is better and free", and so on.

[@NFSHeld]

Saying you can replace Microsoft Office 365 with LibreOffice is a bit like saying you can replace your Audi RS6 with a Peugeot 106. Technically, yes. If you are prepared to give up on a lot of comfort and honestly well-designed features for a thing that wasn't exactly top-of-the-notch in 2003.

[@complexity5545]

Yeah, normal people can barely use Microsoft Office correctly. Libre* and Scribus and Krita, and all the other software will kick them in the butt with frustration. They just quit. I've seen it countless times, when trying to convert them. It ain't happening. You have to be a way above average computer clicker to use the alternatives. Unix, FOSS, and open source programmer are really bad at teaching, ergonomics, and user experience. The good ones usually know it and make people pay for it. Programs like Gimp will never replace Photoshop. Krita is close though, but even that has questionable irregular designs that are un- intuitive. FOSS people have a very weird understanding of things and use cases. Its like they want to make it archaic as possible so they can force people not to use it. They're tinkerers, and they enjoy changing stuff without a forward thought (for user interfaces). Its a strange pattern. I still hate using blender- if you accidently hit a button, unannounced things happen. Its getting better though. FOSS still hasn't released anything that was like Adobe Flash/Animate from 25 years ago.

[@jenstrudenau9134]

This is sadly true. I tried open/libre office often in the last 15 years but it was always frustrating. I once bought an office cling for a few dollars as additional software. And it was way better than libre. Also people are used to Ms office everywhere. While departments still run on Excel. You can't migrate from this without perfect compatibility.

[@theairaccumulator7144]

For schoolwork maybe, but for anything more complex than a title, header and footer you're going to wish you had Word.

[@CarelessForce]

Also, 365 isn't necessary if you just want Office apps, I bought a permanent Office Pro Plus 2021 license for about £10 (obviously not directly from MS), definitely worth it

[@aidevnow]

These are the facts

[@aromaticsnail]

That Logitech mouse subscription will be as successful as HP's Instant Ink

[@CottonInDerTube]

mouse subscription WHAT?

[@juliuszkocinski7478]

@@CottonInDerTube Just watch the video

[@DankMemes-xq2xm]

@@juliuszkocinski7478 actually laughed. Everyone has ADHD these days I swear.

[@TuTAH_1]

1:19 "Which can do almost everything that Word, Excel and PP do" But can it freeze and lag on Ryzen 9 9950X with 4090 and 32GiB of RAM while being installed on SSD like Microsoft Office can?

[@bnjmn7779]

Love your videos, always to the point, no time wasted. You respect the time of your viewers.

[@sharpsticksnz4112]

I love that last quote 😂 pretty much sums up every project I embark on 😅

[@eablot8592]

Trade Illustrator for Inkscape and trade Photoshop for Photopea, GIMP, or Krita. Krita is raster.

[@DxBlack]

Photopea has forced ads in the application. GIMP is still outdated and has a trash dev cycle. Krita is not an illustration program (Inkscape is a better option, and it's only for making Vector art anyway).

[@GSBarlev]

​@@DxBlack"GIMP is outdated" Hey, c'mon! GIMP 3 announced they were releasing the beginning of August! Wait...

[@Jj82op]

Krita does both raster and vector but the tools aren't as well developed as Inkscape

[@SintayaLiyaba-x6v]

1:33 yeah Onedrive is really annoying smh, you had me dying 😂😂😂

[@RamunDev]

That last quote hits home, I thought going to C++ from C# would be easy

[@cfuendev]

You're a brave soldier

[@ItsTheSameCat]

It was a breath of fresh air for me.

[@NihongoWakannai]

How did you not see that coming? All I ever hear people say about C++ is how much of a mess it is or otherwise "C++ isn't bad, you just have to use my personal preference of a specific subset of the features in this specific way!"

[@ric8248]

C++ is best after all.

[@RamunDev]

After going through the tough parts I also ended up falling in love with it

[@gamereditor59ner22]

0:02 I remember when my Dad had to go to the store to get the CD for it..... I miss CD.

[@NotGarbageLoops]

I owned Reaper for years and didn't know this, so in case you do too: Reaper has a built-in video editor. The workflow is identical to how you'd manage audio.

[@Markoman98]

6:04 Something I'd like to correct: Krita is more of a photoshop replacement for digital artists For Illustrator, a much better FOSS alternative is InkScape

[@Carbonator5000]

6:17 I thought web development was going to be easy … 😂

[@badass6300]

Fun fact when you buy a game on Steam or any other DRM you don't own it either, you pay for a license to play it. You don't even own your own account.

[@WesWinder]

Probably one of the most valuable videos you’ve ever released. Thank you.

[@SparePlayss]

I just set up my home server a month ago, now i can try out all these stuffs without any limits ;)

[@thethmuucodes]

May I know the monthly cost for doing that? I am just interested.

[@brainites]

@@thethmuucodes Depending on the country where one lives, renting VPS from contabo, hetzner, etc, MIGHT be cheaper. Still building a home server is a learning opportunity though.

[@kukuc96]

@@thethmuucodes Basically the price of a Raspberry Pi, or a used 5 year old thin client, like an OptiPlex or ThinkCentre and electricity. For 1 person or a family, you will not need anything more powerful. And only the electricity is a recurring cost.

[@enkvadrat_]

@@thethmuucodes $0 and your time if you already have a spare computer lying around (at least if it is winter)

[@Taaz2]

There is also Odoo - it almost sounds too good to be true they were able to pack so many features together, ERP, CRM, project management... and it's all free and open

[@abhilashpatel3036]

Odoo is free???

[@tomaszdudek4134]

Yes, and they even send me a free coffee mug ☕️

[@Patterner]

as a Software Developer i support buying Software because there are good reasons to. the best company i ever worked for went insolvent because the customers really liked our product but didn't buy it :(

[@adr2t]

Some of that comes from the race to the bottom though. The goal is to try to find the balance of features that will work to get people in the door, follow by a price plan that will keep them hook for their needs.

[@cybernetic-ransomware1485]

and I advise against it. The solution ends with several different versions of the software, no access to newer functionalities and IT gluing together prosthetics to make it work somehow. Because after all, we bought a license for the old version 15 years ago, so we will not pay a fraction of the cost every month.

[@Shadyljlove]

Blessed to be part of your subscribers, you are making my suffering easier

[@akilelamin]

The Salesforce and Microsoft interrogation clip was goated LOL 0:49

[@dannyarcher6370]

0:11 - In South Africa, these were called stiffy disks. Floppy disks were the 8-inch and 5¼-inch....you know...FLOPPY disks.

[@ThatAnnoyingGuyOnTheInternet]

Every disk is floppy if you try hard enough...

[@user-bf5sc8pn8x]

They're floppy on the inside

[@dannyarcher6370]

@@user-bf5sc8pn8x Yes, I know that. But what percentage of people do you think there were out there who made their disks unusable in order to call them that?

[@Syntax1867]

Actually most of the open source tools are hard to use compared to premium solutions from theses companies if I have the money I will definitely pay for them

[@DxBlack]

It's only hard because you refuse to learn...installing these applications always comes with instructions that, when followed correctly, has the software in a working state more or less instantly. Don't go throwing thousands of dollars out the window so you can save a few headaches...

[@Darthvanger]

For me Ubuntu is easier to use than MacOS. I had to google even how to uninstall an application in Mac...

[@abulka]

That’s the elephant in the room - open source software is usually not as easy or as good esp. UI wise. Try switching from Lightroom to Darktable, for example - fiddly complex user interface and poor performance on Mac. Not everyone is prepared for the learning curves and compromises involved, so they pay.

[@plusone.network]

as prime would say that sounds like a skill issue lol all

[@erikschaal4124]

The issue with the open source products is that they are too developer driven. Not enough designers, UI/UX specialists, no one to ensure the final product meets the needs of the end user. And the open source products that actually do well will often have a company backing it.

[@gregoryinnovo11]

4:41 facts!!!

[@ketansharma6955]

I work at Plane :)

[@AngryWoodenFork]

The more you know. I always look for an open source alt and this video provided me with some additional alts to check out. Thank you!

[@BloodySmartie1]

Great content! I love videos that show great (oss/free or cheap) alternatives to expensive tools! Do more ;)

[@emerson-sheaapril8555]

Not sure if it’s still the case but we used to have people submitting their work in Libre instead of MS as requested. When the libre documents were opened in me office they would cause a crash

[@patsonical]

Sucks to suck, tell them to submit in pdf instead like a civilised being

[@emerson-sheaapril8555]

@@patsonical well, everything needed to be reviewed and edited and the client requested everything be in ms word. This was years ago though, so it might not even happen anymore.

[@patsonical]

@@emerson-sheaapril8555 Sorry, my bad, I assumed you meant students submitting their work for grading

[@theairaccumulator7144]

Libre is broken even by 2003 standards and it hasn't evolved much since then either. You're better off cracking Office or using Google Docs.

[@7heMech]

2 min ago and already has sponsorblock tags, way to go.

[@xar22]

Somewhat ironic on this topic

[@nathanielreeves_dev]

Shouldn’t the sponsor legally be disclosed? There should be a tag on the video saying contains paid promotion.

[@BlackkTiger]

​@@nathanielreeves_dev The tag appears for about the first 10 seconds, overlaying the top left of the video--at least on desktop. And I can confirm that it's there. Also he clearly discloses the sponsorship at 2:40. That might not be good enough for Google but, together with the subtitles, it probably would be good enough for the FTC.

[@nathanielreeves_dev]

@@BlackkTiger thanks for pointing that out. Either the tag didn’t appear for me on mobile or I missed it somehow.

[@SunsetGraffiti]

Just to be clear: We're talking "free" as in "FREEDOM" If/when one has the means, supporting developers of these products is an act of love . 🤟🤟💖

[@LV4EVR]

... and helps ensure that FOSS projects continue to exist and be developed.

[@SunsetGraffiti]

@@LV4EVR YES.

[@Commander_ZiN]

Yeah, Krita! I own photoshop CS5, last version you can own. But I decided to slowly open source all the things, Krita was the first thing I choose, after trying several open source alternatives. It's takes a little getting used to, but super happy. I'm gonna start my kids on open source.

[@ryujinayato1623]

some corrections on the DaVinci Resolve. You don't need to use 3 separate apps to edit your 3d, audio and post-production like Adobe CC Suite; they bunched all of it into one big package (Fusion for 3D and Fairlight for audio) while yes, it IS free - but they also have a one-time pay tier for power users. those features include: -Native Dolby Atmos Rendering (up to 5th order ambisonic) -Multi GPU support -Even better (than the already god-like) noise suppression. -and many more but I'm too lazy to list it all

[@crookshanks5000]

Rip Fireship, salesforce hitmen enroute...

[@antonzhylenko2132]

I don't have a slightest regret for being a Pirate my entire life. Not in the world shifting towards corporate dystopia, where millions lose jobs and opportunities for the sake of filthy rich hundreds to become even richier.

[@nicejungle]

Welcome to capitalism Enjoy your victory over the communist block

[@shaderbytes]

So you think your evil deeds are justified because of their evil deeds? Stop fooling yourself , your choices are your own and no amount of any other persons evil ever justifies your own. You pirate because you are a thief. Stop blaming others for your poor life choices. You think you much better than these people while ironically behaving the same as them.

[@nicejungle]

@@shaderbytes wrong if buying is not owning, pirating is not stealing.

[@antonzhylenko2132]

​@@shaderbytes they are milking us for every penny we have to keep aimlessly growing company profit, it's not about "good" or "bad" deeds, it's about resisting being a literal slave, a human livestock for these ultra rich companies.

[@shaderbytes]

@@nicejungle grow up

[@deivedux9342]

4:10 Isn't this illegal in the EU?

[@Aaron-qz6pc]

Holding your own data?

[@deivedux9342]

​@@Aaron-qz6pcNot being able to download own data unless you pay, isn't that what he meant?

[@Rakesh_Chandran]

I was holding on to Windows only for MS Office and now that we can only view (not edit) docs without a license, I switched to LibreOffice and will soon switch to Linux (no Dual-Booting). Somehow I am fine donating to FOSS projects like LibreOffice, while I don't wish to pay for most propietary apps.

[@alastairhewitt380]

I could neither find you nor your post on reddit, but thanks for linking to the repos in the description

[@DarmaniLink]

Free as in "freedom", not free as in "free beer" It isn't paying for software that's bad, its the restrictions on paid software

[@edgardcz]

where is GIMP?

[@Pyritie]

in the trash where it belongs

[@MinuxLint]

As much as we love FOSS, we have to admit that GIMP sucks and stands nowhere near Photoshop. It really hurts to say that but it is a sad truth

[@DxBlack]

It's still waiting on the complete overhaul that's 3+ years in the works...

[@dhillaz]

​​@@MinuxLint

[@lpnp9477]

In the trash where it belongs. And I'm in there with it, begrudgingly using it.

[@christossirmakezis3728]

No more SaaS, no more Agile 🎉

[@GSBarlev]

You know what's worse than Agile? _Not_ Agile. Note that I'm not saying Scrum or (God Forbid) SAFe. But the whole point of Agile is that if it's not working for you, you need to do something different. And a kanban board + daily standups + occasional retros is good for pretty much everyone.

[@n00dl3]

If you don't do agile you'll end up using something awful like prince2 or, even worse, nothing at all.

[@lpnp9477]

​@@GSBarlevdaily standups are absolutely not good for everyone what the actual fuck

[@GSBarlev]

@@lpnp9477 doesn't have to be in-person, but yeah-daily updates on what everyone is working on and, more importantly, what they're being *blocked by,* is vitally important for every team.

[@sharpsticksnz4112]

Thanks for the heads up about libre office ❤

[@AdamLeis]

You're one of my favorite tech news sources, @Fireship. Keep up the phenomenal work.

[@XDarkGreyX]

The end.... hits...

[@hwapyongedouard]

fr bro 😩😩

[@ZyroZoro]

Developers: We don't want to pay for software. And we don't want ads. Also developers: We want to be paid a lot of money.

[@arizvisa]

development is typically about enabling normies to do things. practically nothing else. usually, the existence of revenue correlates to the implicit/explicit ignorance of the person with regards to their desired solution or capabilities.

[@al-manasama8370]

And we wonder why no one's hiring developers anymore...

[@kukuc96]

There are plenty of people incapable, or too lazy to use any of the open source alternatives. In fact I would hazard a bet that the majority of the population couldn't tell you what "open source" means. So there is plenty of money to be made, even if every developer never paid for software again.

[@mrgalaxy396]

@@arizvisa And the rest of development is enabling developers to do their job, start their own business or play around in their free time.

[@gr0wnup5]

typing 0:01 into your comment seems like a cool exploit because your comment will appear near the top regardless of how many likes it has!

[@Dominik-K]

Lol that's quite a trick

[@portalstorms]

can confirm this was the first comment

[@experiment5934]

on mobile, confirming that worked

[@drummertomato7428]

I claim this is survivorship bias. We won’t see this comment if it is not on top, and if we continue to like it it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@gragnaktube]

It's almost at the bottom now

[@leajenkins7957]

Going all open source felt so liberating to me, there's a piece of mind that comes with knowing your software will only do what you explicitly tell it to

[@m5s10]

so much yes to this, please give us more free/cheap alternatives.

[@misha130]

Davinci Resolve has a premium version though that you'll eventually hit

[@TDCIYB77]

But its a one time payment that is less than 1 year of Adobe. And you pay a company that is actually customer focused and still run by its founder.

[@misha130]

@@TDCIYB77 Yea I agree with that, the approach is different and its good

[@Mirtual]

1:30 you do not need internet to use office products. They also don't automatically upload your stuff to the cloud. What.