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Affinity Studio now free

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1199 points dagmx | 4 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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glimshe ◴[30 Oct 25 16:27 UTC] No.45761846[source]▶
Nooooooo!

I'm a loyal Serif customer and paid for their software. I LOVE Affinity. And I HATE "free" commercial products because they need to extract revenue from subscription services, ads, data selling etc.

This is the first step toward making Affinity become another rental application like Photoshop. Escaping Adobe's predatory business model is exactly why I became a Serif customer in the first place.

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1. achow ◴[30 Oct 25 16:31 UTC] No.45761886[source]▶
Look at it this way, this could challenge Adobe to make Creative Suite free and charge only for AI in their product (one can dream at least).
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2. drivingmenuts ◴[30 Oct 25 16:36 UTC] No.45761957[source]▶
Not a chance - Adobe is too much of an industry standard.
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3. criddell ◴[30 Oct 25 16:49 UTC] No.45762123[source]▶
Lotus 1-2-3 was once an industry standard.
4. thewebguyd ◴[30 Oct 25 17:10 UTC] No.45762362[source]▶
One could dream.

But hey, anything that puts pressure on Adobe and makes them sweat a little is a win in my book. Fuck them.

Now, if maybe Apple would actually do something with their Pixelmator acquisition and re-release aperture, both Apple and Canva/Affinity can start going after Adobe.