Affinity Studio now free

Post by gspencley » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 8:37 PM UTC

t-writescode wrote: post #222

gspencley wrote: post #183

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Thyat's a fair question and the honest answer is I don't know and I'd have to sift through the feature comparison chart to see if there's anything I actively use today with my paid license that is moving to a Canva Premium subscription. My real point is that Affinity had two selling points that "converted me:" - Artist word of mouth. Photo & Design were becoming popular as an alternative to Photoshop & Illustrator so…

Do you find CD-Keys that round-trip one time, ever to be a violation of a perpetual license? That’s effectively what “login to an account” means - especially if it works offline forever, afterward. (I haven’t checked if it does, in this case)

Post by stOneskull » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 8:37 PM UTC

Computer0 wrote: post #370

nirava wrote: post #238

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…

I did pay for perpetual access to it 2 months ago! :) As a windows PC user I am hoping the compatibility issues wont effect me and I can enjoy the product offline.

Post by zarmin » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 8:45 PM UTC

blackqueeriroh wrote: post #421

zarmin wrote: post #394

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They claim not to, but I am extremely suspicious. >No, your content in Affinity is not used to train AI-powered features, or to help AI features learn and improve in other ways, such as model evaluation or quality assurance. In Affinity, your content is stored locally on your device and we don’t have access to it. If you choose to upload or export content to Canva, you remain in control of whether it can be used to t…

I mean, be suspicious, that’s always good. But have proof before being certain of something you don’t have facts to back up.

Post by gazook89 » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 8:47 PM UTC

rekabis wrote: post #291

Any app that requires an account just to run a totally-local app, is also a company that can unilaterally deny your ability to run said software on your own computer for whatever reason they want. Thanks, but no thanks. If I install it, it should be mine to do whatever the hell I want to do with it, online OR OFFLINE.

Post by guelo » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 8:49 PM UTC

jazzyjackson wrote: post #333

alt227 wrote: post #253

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This is such a shame IMO. The Serif suite was great, and I used to try to get every designer I could to dump adobe and switch to serif. Now that it has switched to a freemium model trying to get you to subscribe to AI, I wont be using this or telling other people about it any more. Their priorities have changed. No longer are they trying to to beat adobe at their own game, they are just chasing AI money like everyone…

I think it's really cool they can get AI money from the people who want to pay that, to give away the core for free. I can empathize with feeling their focus will be elsewhere (whatever increases revenue) but I figure AI isn't magic, they need to have the rest of the creative suite work well to, yaknow, synergize Edit: I'll add that I much prefer purchasing perpetual licenses for software that can work without a clou…