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Affinity Studio now free

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1200 points dagmx | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.474s | source
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peteforde ◴[30 Oct 25 19:35 UTC] No.45764335[source]▶
I'm feeling some real hurt seeing this announcement.

I bought the Affinity v1 apps, buying into the vision for a no-BS forever app.

I was surprised to see a v2 app show up a year after I bought into v1 with what I remember was something like a 25% discount. But this was going to be the new forever app, and I understand wanting to get things right on a second pass.

Reading about how v2 will no longer get updates just makes me see red.

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1. ezfe ◴[30 Oct 25 19:38 UTC] No.45764373[source]▶
You bought a one time license and the app still works, what's the issue? You can't expect to pay $70 for perpetual software.
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2. peteforde ◴[31 Oct 25 05:19 UTC] No.45768678[source]▶
Except that their messaging was very much that this was a product designed by people who believed that you should buy something once and that you should be able to use it for a long, long time. Lots of new content and features in the pipeline. The safe harbor from subscription model bloodsuckers we should support with our dollars on principle.

Remember Windows 10 was once marketed as the last Windows? I do.

The real harm here is that every time there's a rug pull, our trust evaporates just a little further while our memories get a little bit longer.