Shoutout to On1

[Markuswelder]

But in the end they are all commercial enterprises of which the chimneys must smoke. The only way out is to choose for free programs like Darktable and Rawtherapee, which are really good, but have a steep learning curve and were there is little or no support.

Not necessarily. I'm a happy Silkypix Pro user. The first version I ever bought still runs perfectly fine on an old laptop from the same vintage.
I've updated about 3 times in many many years, their prices are very reasonable -if you buy the Panasonic only versions they're downright cheap to be honest. Like $30-40 USD for the fully featured suite on sale, just restricted to Panasonic cameras. Not 1, the whole current range. And I think you can install it on 3 computers.
Occasionally they'll have a really good sale on the full range of supported cameras software, and I've updated to that a couple of times.
The biggest complaint I read about SP, is that it's different from Adobe products.

 

[DonaldM]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Panasonic sponsored Silkypix, which is not a bad thing. I hope someday Aperture from Apple comes back, they bought Pixelmator last year for a reason I guess. But then I have a massive load of pictures in Lightroom. But maybe this program may be of use then: https://cyme.io/products/avalanche/

 

[dirk]

Today I stumbled on a great deal: ON1 Photo RAW for just €55 (lifetime license (for the 25.2 version)!).

What excactly means lifetime licence?

I checked their website and they have now a deal for around 42€ plus taxes, which is cheaper than the 55€ you mentioned. Is this a different licence?

Buy ON1 Photo RAW - ON1

Buy the ultimate photo editor and raw processor, ON1 Photo RAW. It's the best photo editing software for Mac or Windows.

www.on1.com

 

[Nevyn72]

What excactly means lifetime licence?

I checked their website and they have now a deal for around 42€ plus taxes, which is cheaper than the 55€ you mentioned. Is this a different licence?

Buy ON1 Photo RAW - ON1

Buy the ultimate photo editor and raw processor, ON1 Photo RAW. It's the best photo editing software for Mac or Windows.

www.on1.com

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You can use at as long that you want, but you will only get the updates from the 2025 version.

And yeah, the deal is now even better.

But if you want an update in the future, you wait for the next offer and upgrade to the than newest version.