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Affinity Studio now free

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1199 points dagmx | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | 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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1. underlipton ◴[30 Oct 25 17:53 UTC] No.45762936[source]▶
New corollary to the maxim, "If it's free, you're the product":

"If the paid version can no longer be purchased, the 'free' version WILL be neutered."

They have to remove the option to compare the free, paid, and subscription versions.