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Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications — Autodesk tools and other subscription-based services may come next (www.tomshardware.com)
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Brandon Thomas, developer of ArtCraft, a suite of open-source creative tools meant to replicate Adobe applications for free, has now announced apps to replace Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, respectively, named GridCraft, DeckCraft, and WordCraft, that are created with Claude. Thomas has shared his new clones to ArtCraft GitHub, making them free for all to download.

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But that only strengthens the argument that software is worthless now - I can copy existing software with AI and it is public domain basically is what you're saying? So again, I can make a copy and legally distribute it. How can anyone earn money on software in that world?

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

People have been earning money on free and open source software for decades. Vibecoding is still a ton of work and not everyone has the time or the capacity to do it. Also, add the sentimental element too. Some people still support others even though the can make the same software.