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David Revoy

Just received a gift: a Intuos Pro Large from Wacom. They plan to reuse on their blog some of my illustrations/tutorials (eg. on tablet ergonomics). They wanted to thanks me because all my content was already available for free on my blog under Creative Commons CC-By ☺️ So cool!

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great eepe :flag:
@davidrevoy oh nice, i have the same one, it's a pretty nice one, too.
Malte Hollmann :mastodon:

@davidrevoy Nice to see companies acknowledging the value of an open artistic culture!

Stefan

@davidrevoy indeed, that's a nice Way from #Wacom to saying Thank you. 😃

mushroom 🍄
@davidrevoy is the wacom driver free software? :blobcatfingerguns:
Sloppy Tentacle Noises

@davidrevoy wow and without asking you to write a review 😺

David Revoy

@bloodywing Exactly, no contract, no obligation, no link back. A real gift...

and because I feel totally free....

I'll probably share a review on my blog 🤣

Oh if it is marketing psychology, it's genius...

Farbenfroh 🕊 ☮️

@davidrevoy
Do they want to bribe you to hide their unrestrained data collection behind?

David Revoy

@NachtFarben Just sending a gift without any conditions/contracts would be probably a bad move to bribe someone.
Since the Google Analytic affair on their Windows/Mac Proprietary driver ( tomshardware.com/news/wacom-ta ) they added checkboxes to share data to third party. It's of course reported to be behind a “deceptive design pattern” but I never tested the Windows version. Here I'll use test it under Gnu/Linux where they share spec to build a quality Free/Libre Driver with no privacy issue.

@NachtFarben Just sending a gift without any conditions/contracts would be probably a bad move to bribe someone.
Since the Google Analytic affair on their Windows/Mac Proprietary driver ( tomshardware.com/news/wacom-ta ) they added checkboxes to share data to third party. It's of course reported to be behind a “deceptive design pattern” but I never tested the Windows version. Here I'll use test it under Gnu/Linux where they share spec to build a quality...

Farbenfroh 🕊 ☮️

@davidrevoy
Let's leave the psychological effect of corporate gifts aside and hope that Wacom has learned its lesson and wants to respect the privacy of its users with open drivers. In this context, they are in exactly the right place with you. 👍​

Sylvia Ritter

@davidrevoy It's a great gift. I've been using this tablet for 14 years now :). Congrats!

iooioio

@davidrevoy That's a neat move by wacom. And of course it's super cool of you to publish your work as CC-BY.

Hippo 🍉

@davidrevoy I suppose it's never too late to say congratulations! I'm so excited on behalf of your past self 😅

David Revoy

@badrihippo Thanks :) I'm using it by the way now and since a big month. it replaced my default tablet. I decided to write a little about it on a blog post I published this afternoon: davidrevoy.com/article931/anat
I'll probably do a video about it.

Hippo 🍉

@davidrevoy nice, I'm glad it's working :) I still find myself more creative on paper, but I'm wondering whether to get a e-ink tablet to start getting my work into a more digital form: that way there's less fear of wasting notebooks. (I already have an ereader).

That basically means I don't (yet) have a use for *this* kind of tablet, but I find all the nuances fascinating :P

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