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Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency (arstechnica.com)
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[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The developer of paint.net sells it on the Microsoft store to support the product. Not any different than buying an app through the App Store or Google play store.

It’s created by a Microsoft Engineer, not super surprising they leverage Microsoft tools to get paid.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

TIL. Thanks for the info - I'll update my post.