rds,
taps keyboard and sighs
look mate, the vast majority of this planet and it's population is outside the USA's shores. So what? If you don't like that, well, tough luck.
Why should it always be US-centric, hm?
I'd rather have a small, "owned and controlled by a single or few human beings" company, in charge of art applications than a corporation.
Why? Cause it's ART. Last thing I want is a monolithic brain-dead monstrosity shoving their poo down my throat.
Look at how long it has taken Adobe to get a bloody decent UI, for example.
Or how Autodesk has become a near monopoly, and that is NEVER good for customers.

Try talking with the E-On support folk like fellow human beings, you may actually be surpised at how effective that is...
"You catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar" ;)

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