They’ve been working on GIMP 3.0 for over a decade, which has non-destructive editing, as well as an upgrade to the UI toolkit (although actual UI changes are still to-do). They don’t want it to be this way, development has just been insanely slow. Mostly due to lack of developers and donations, although that has been changing recently.

They planned to have GIMP 3.0 out by May, but with so many delays it might be a few months yet.

Hang on, what I’m reading from this is that you believe in restricting internet usage until the age of consent, and I’m not sure that is a good idea? At the very least, it requires making some pretty big changes to be made. Education will have to make a big U-turn, and we will have to ban or restrict IoT devices (to be honest I don’t like IoT, but the reality is people use them), and most importantly people below the age of consent won’t have much access to movies and music, and in some places or situations, books or community without the internet.

If the ability for a trans 17 year old to access media is restricted by a transphobic parent, I don’t see that as a good thing. It means a life of isolation and potential abuse.