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Affinity Studio now free

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1199 points dagmx | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.429s | source
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nirava ◴[30 Oct 25 18:07 UTC] No.45763101[source]▶
This is a deletion.

- they're completely stopping all updates to v2; even image trace won't be coming to it. You might have paid for perpetual access to it 2 months ago, but it has completely stopped. As the world moves on (new chips, new OS features, just general software movement) this will increasingly feel like a second-class experience.

- the new "free" software is a sales funnel into the paid subscription, and will also increasingly have that "second-class" feeling as new pro-only things are added to it. it is also practically guaranteed to feed your work into AI unless you buy pro sometime in the next 5 years

In short, something secure, top class, the "best the company offers" product doesn't exist anymore. What was once there isn't.

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blackqueeriroh ◴[30 Oct 25 20:26 UTC] No.45764913[source]▶
> they're completely stopping all updates to v2; even image trace won't be coming to it.

There’s as of yet no confirmation about this. There is a lot of speculation, but there has not been official confirmation.

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1. justinclift ◴[30 Oct 25 22:11 UTC] No.45766009[source]▶
> they're completely stopping all updates to v2

The article itself says at least this bit. I didn't notice anything about a "trace" thing though, but I was just skimming.

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2. nirava ◴[31 Oct 25 07:09 UTC] No.45769154[source]▶
it says, "the new free version gets widely requested features like image trace" and "the v2 won't get updates anymore".

I can't read it any way other than "throw your paid-for v2, download this fremium thing, make account: to get access to image trace which is the one thing everyone has requested ever since affinity was a thing"

I could be wrong ofc, but this just looks like classic misdirection where they're pointing to the free thing but in reality it's not really free and just a distraction.