I don't get the GIMP hate here. If you are really that upset, switch to a paid program that will have support because... people get paid to do it! You get the software for free, without warranty. Big Blue was able to do what it did for so long because of the enormous amount they paid people to figure out all the problems.
I code for a living too and sometimes you get to a point where a language or process is not supported any longer, even Big Blue did that albeit glacially slow, via deprecated functions and lapsing support for long deprecated code. They gave plenty of warning and like Ofn said, any of the plugins that are maintained have new versions on the new release and will work just fine still. The exact same thing happened over on the mainframe if the company who supported your code went out of business.
You are certainly welcome to complain but unless you are a paying customer it doesn't really do anything besides make you look like a Karen or Chad.
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I code for a living too and sometimes you get to a point where a language or process is not supported any longer, even Big Blue did that albeit glacially slow, via deprecated functions and lapsing support for long deprecated code. They gave plenty of warning and like Ofn said, any of the plugins that are maintained have new versions on the new release and will work just fine still. The exact same thing happened over on the mainframe if the company who supported your code went out of business.
You are certainly welcome to complain but unless you are a paying customer it doesn't really do anything besides make you look like a Karen or Chad.
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