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		aiaf 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple acquires Pixelmator Apple can bring in new users beyond Pixelmator's wildest dreams. This is definitely a product/talent acquisition. And Pixelmator has almost 2 decades worth of development already baked in, not sure how anyone can do it cheaper.

prmoustache 9 months ago [–]

2 decades worth of development usually also mean 2 decades worth of tech debt.

Most time consuming part of development of old software is trying to go around limitations inherited from past decisions.

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