If you actually follow the dev, they don't seem to prioritize PSD or even trying to be a Photoshop clone at all :)
It's just that when a feature get introduced, a new feature from other format get supported. Such as upcoming vector layer and shape tool.
I believe jack-of-all-trades of images is actually a good thing. All newer image editor, whether FOSS or proprietary are jack-of-all trades, like Graphite or Affinity
You just can't confined people just to use raster layer, and not vector layer. Or using multiple app just to do some image editing.
The problem is not jack-of-all-trades itself, but finding a good UI/UX to make it not complex for all user.
"It doesn't necessarily need to be that going forward"
This part does not make any sense.
Making GIMP to be able to support any image format is a good thing. Especially for future file preservation.
If it was merely industry standard, if a software already good, people will just use the default format.
It already happen with various industries, like comic making in Asia using .CLIP (Clip Studio Paint) instead of .PSD
GIMP is all about letting people to open and edit any image files.
Whether it is a medical images format (DICOM), bitmap image only used on smart message, (Nokia's Over The Air Bitmap), to open experimental niche format (Jeff's Image Format).
Don't forget Forgejo (https://forgejo.org/)
They also have proper system to combat LLM.
It also have plan to support ActivityPub protocol with full instance federation. Basically all Tangled listed there.
Amazon also owns IGDB (game database), Goodreads (books), and so on.
For music data, they just support MusicBrainz which is open source, open license, and independent database.
MusicBrainz have pilot project for books database, but it's not as good as Goodreads or other DB yet.
Some fedi software are esoteric, like Misskey have Misskey flavoured markdown (example), even Mastodon cannot display the feature.
There are fedi software that can be accessed via console, zero image displayed.
Some others have non-conventional design that caters to specific use, basically not even for mainstream people, so they don't even follow any accessibility rules.
Most of Japanese users are on Misskey, and most of instances never reports active or total users publicly due to privacy, but you can check its statistics on about page.
A lot of users even private their following/follower lists.
Like misskey.io have 700 thousands+ users with daily user visits around 15K+
Friend, even GIMP dev themselves is currently adding shape tool.
GIMP official site listed 'Graphic Design Elements' as supported workflow, means shape tools is absolutely necessary.
All data collection are not even implemeted due to community backlash....
You know that Fediverse is decentralized, right? Lots of instance barely have anything American, especially Asian instance.
My point is that due to British colonialization, English is now a diverse language that have diverse new word and regional meaning.
GIMP in English Asia doesn't have bad connotation. Not in Singaporean English, not in Indian English.
Making one standard of English is just reeks language colonialism.
If you actually follow the dev, they don't seem to prioritize PSD or even trying to be a Photoshop clone at all :)
It's just that when a feature get introduced, a new feature from other format get supported. Such as upcoming vector layer and shape tool.
I believe jack-of-all-trades of images is actually a good thing. All newer image editor, whether FOSS or proprietary are jack-of-all trades, like Graphite or Affinity You just can't confined people just to use raster layer, and not vector layer. Or using multiple app just to do some image editing.
The problem is not jack-of-all-trades itself, but finding a good UI/UX to make it not complex for all user.
"It doesn't necessarily need to be that going forward"
This part does not make any sense. Making GIMP to be able to support any image format is a good thing. Especially for future file preservation.
If it was merely industry standard, if a software already good, people will just use the default format. It already happen with various industries, like comic making in Asia using .CLIP (Clip Studio Paint) instead of .PSD
Different project scope tho.
Krita does not support random niche format like GIMP.
English is diverse language and each regional English have their own offensive world that have different meaning in different English speaking area.
Maybe you should meet more Indian English speaker and Singaporean English speaker. Heck, Australian English invent various offensive word.
It's not about not using PSD.
GIMP is all about letting people to open and edit any image files. Whether it is a medical images format (DICOM), bitmap image only used on smart message, (Nokia's Over The Air Bitmap), to open experimental niche format (Jeff's Image Format).
Recommending ffmpeg to CapCut user seems not exactly correct lol
That UI is just like a common web framework, which heavily trained by AI.
Lots of fandom-related wiki are hosted on Miraheze, no ads and full freedom.
Abolutely unrelated to "federated" in fediverse sense. Maybe decentralized, yes.
Don't forget Forgejo (https://forgejo.org/) They also have proper system to combat LLM. It also have plan to support ActivityPub protocol with full instance federation. Basically all Tangled listed there.
Amazon also owns IGDB (game database), Goodreads (books), and so on. For music data, they just support MusicBrainz which is open source, open license, and independent database. MusicBrainz have pilot project for books database, but it's not as good as Goodreads or other DB yet.
What is Sweet Baby?
Europe tech often times are open source with commercial service.
At least it's better than whatever Google, Microsoft, or Tencent.
Some fedi software are esoteric, like Misskey have Misskey flavoured markdown (example), even Mastodon cannot display the feature. There are fedi software that can be accessed via console, zero image displayed. Some others have non-conventional design that caters to specific use, basically not even for mainstream people, so they don't even follow any accessibility rules.
Some software does not support alt-text, so people write the text on the post itself or comment.
Most of Japanese users are on Misskey, and most of instances never reports active or total users publicly due to privacy, but you can check its statistics on about page.
A lot of users even private their following/follower lists.
Like misskey.io have 700 thousands+ users with daily user visits around 15K+