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Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by 9rx » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 7:15 AM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #819

9rx wrote: post #694

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacOS v10+ accounts for NeXTSTEP, but what do you consider to be the current MacOS (classic) to satisfy the not having one less operating system condition?

Oh noes... you mean there's no more Netware, Lantastic or (insert dozens of others), theres only (insert hundreds of linux derivatives), (insert a handful of BSD variants), (insert solaris variants), (insert clones), and a half dozen relatively popular new OSes all under current development, not counting the three popular mainstream commercial providers?

Tell us more about this "you mean there's no more Netware, Lantastic or (insert dozens of others), theres only (insert hundreds of linux derivatives), (insert a handful of BSD variants), (insert solaris variants), (insert clones), and a half dozen relatively popular new OSes all under current development, not counting the three popular mainstream commercial providers" MacOS classic successor.

Does the project have a website? What kind of systems does it run on? How do we acquire it?

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by tracker1 » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:36 PM UTC

9rx wrote: post #821

tracker1 wrote: post #819

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh noes... you mean there's no more Netware, Lantastic or (insert dozens of others), theres only (insert hundreds of linux derivatives), (insert a handful of BSD variants), (insert solaris variants), (insert clones), and a half dozen relatively popular new OSes all under current development, not counting the three popular mainstream commercial providers?

Tell us more about this "you mean there's no more Netware, Lantastic or (insert dozens of others), theres only (insert hundreds of linux derivatives), (insert a handful of BSD variants), (insert solaris variants), (insert clones), and a half dozen relatively popular new OSes all under current development, not counting the three popular mainstream commercial providers" MacOS classic successor. Does the project have a…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by vlad » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 8:23 PM UTC

I explained to Affinity this summer, "...it would only be in your favor to have a designer learn your tools instead of Figma and Adobe, because the reason they got popular is because people brought them to work."

In 2025, Affinity's trial was one week. Last year, hundreds of thousands of people saw ads and signed up for 6 month licenses. I signed up, but I didn't activate. There was no requirement to activate immediately in the offer, and the welcome email specifically mentioned the license would start after the downloadable products were activated.

Affinity announced in 2024 that the offer has been updated: the 6 month licenses would expire immediately if not started in the next weeks.

Since I had written my own desktop software products, I advised Affinity to email the hundreds of thousands of people and offer another long license, especially if they didn't activate or didn't use it.

I explained my advice to affinity@serif.com:

"I decided... I'm not going to be using my time to learn new design software in a week's trial... I think there is a very easy and (practically) free solution, like I wrote in the original replies, including extending a license."

"...it would only be in your favor to have a designer learn your tools instead of Figma and Adobe, because the reason they got popular is because people brought them to work."

And now, the 2024 web page with the offers redirects to the new announcement!

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by 9rx » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 8:38 PM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #822

9rx wrote: post #821

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tell us more about this "you mean there's no more Netware, Lantastic or (insert dozens of others), theres only (insert hundreds of linux derivatives), (insert a handful of BSD variants), (insert solaris variants), (insert clones), and a half dozen relatively popular new OSes all under current development, not counting the three popular mainstream commercial providers" MacOS classic successor. Does the project have a…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems

'you mean there's no more Netware, Lantastic or (insert dozens of others), theres only (insert hundreds of linux derivatives), (insert a handful of BSD variants), (insert solaris variants), (insert clones), and a half dozen relatively popular new OSes all under current development, not counting the three popular mainstream commercial providers' is strangely absent from your list.

Perhaps it has a shorter trade name?

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by moi2388 » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 4:00 PM UTC

gdulli wrote: post #61

moi2388 wrote: post #38

That is fantastic. Paid for the affinity products when they first came out. Absolutely great product, I hate Adobe with a passion you wouldn’t believe. The only problem is in time it will probably become paid, as most things do. Oh well, then I’ll just uninstall.

If you hate Adobe, why feel positively about them starting down the same path?

Because I’m not sure (although sceptical) of them going the same path.

Freemium with AI and collab locked seems fine to me. I just hope they keep it that way, naive as I may be.