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Affinity is joining the Canva family (forum.affinity.serif.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

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[–] MasterHound@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just bought Designer a week ago. Wouldn't have touched it had it been a subscription. I love it so far but it will be my last purchase of any Affinity software if they move to a subscription.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Id contact them if i were you, asking for clarification and possibly a refund.

[–] MasterHound@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I've sent them an email, not too hopeful I'll get any information out of them about their pricing model going forward though.

Edit: They replied but they just gave a copy and pasted statement from the press release that Designer V2 users will own in perpetuity, nothing regarding future plans.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I too wrote to them. This is their reply

Nothing changes. We will continue to sell the apps as a single payment and you’ll continue to get regular free updates. If anything, this will enable us to introduce bigger updates, faster.

[–] MasterHound@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

That's certainly a more hopeful response. Fingers crossed they keep to their word with V3 too.