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Affinity Studio now free

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1203 points dagmx | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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nocoiner ◴[30 Oct 25 16:03 UTC] No.45761528[source]▶
This seems … way better than what I expected following the acquisition? What am I missing?

And I assume this is a supplement to (and not a replacement of) the existing Affinity applications?

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pavlov ◴[30 Oct 25 16:12 UTC] No.45761638[source]▶
It is a replacement, the old Affinity apps are discontinued:

"Your Affinity V2 license (via Serif) remains valid and Serif will continue to keep activation servers online. But please note that these apps won’t receive future updates.

"For the best experience, we recommend using the new Affinity by Canva app."

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tym0 ◴[30 Oct 25 16:15 UTC] No.45761689[source]▶
As someone who just bought V2 I am worried that V2 uses an activation server at all unlike V1 with its license key.

When this free/premium with AI thing crash and burn in a few years I can kiss that license goodbye.

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1. northrup ◴[30 Oct 25 16:18 UTC] No.45761726[source]▶
You should log in and download the offline copy of your license key and store it in order to safeguard such things.
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2. tym0 ◴[30 Oct 25 16:28 UTC] No.45761857[source]▶
Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be a thing for V2