Detecting whether Krita comes from a store

[Halla Rempt]

On zondag 30 juli 2023 02:58:48 CEST Emmet O'Neill wrote:
> On WIndows, we're just distributing a regular Windows "portable build"
> through Steam, but I can always pop an extra file in there.
> I think we can also pass in a CLI argument via the Steamworks web
> interface, as I understand it.
> 
> For Linux, we can do either of those options or I can set an extra
> environment variable in our launcher.sh bash script.
> 
> FWIW, I'm not sure I see the issue with advertising our dev fund to users
> who have bought Krita on a store. Is it something a significant number
> users have been complaining about?

Of course nobody has complained about this because we have not shipped a version of Krita with the banner yet... It's just basic courtesy, though, to not beg from people who already have given us their money.

> We could add an option to disable the banner in Krita's settings, or we
> could just get rid of it altogether if it's something that isn't helping us
> raise funds or inform artists about our development model.

We haven't even started shipping a version of Krita with the banner. It's too early to decide whether it does or doesn't help funding Krita's development.