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Affinity Studio now free

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1200 points dagmx | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.243s | source
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osxman ◴[30 Oct 25 16:12 UTC] No.45761650[source]▶
This is bad news... I liked the Publisher/Designer/Photo apps on my Mac. The presentation of this new 'Canva' acquired product feels like a circus, and roadmap is very unclear also. This feels like it will be the end of a none adobe solution.

Also I paid every upgrade for NOTHING.

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odie5533 ◴[30 Oct 25 16:22 UTC] No.45761769[source]▶
Now that the basic tools are all free, they no longer make money. AI features are the only thing that makes money, so all development is going to funneled into the AI features exclusively.
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dannyw ◴[30 Oct 25 16:33 UTC] No.45761924[source]▶
Hi, Canva employee & Affinity user+lover for 10+ years (pre-acquisition) here.

That’s not true. We really do want to make all design, including professional design, as widely accessible as possible; including those who can’t afford it.

I understand this could be interpreted as ‘corporate PR’, but even from a game-theory sense, you’d want to maximize the top of your funnel, which is free users.

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1. underlipton ◴[30 Oct 25 17:47 UTC] No.45762859[source]▶
>We really do want to make all design, including professional design, as widely accessible as possible; including those who can’t afford it.

Open source it, then.