An update from Affinity and Canva on the acquisition of Affinity/Serif by Canva. They have made 4 pledges, including to maintain perpetual licenses.

  • Altima NEO
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    158 months ago

    I mean it’s reassuring, but I’m still cautious.

    At this point, I may as well enjoy it for as long as it that’s. I already bought V2 when it came out, so at least I’m set for a while.

    • @[email protected]
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      128 months ago

      At least that’s one plus with actually buying software vs renting it like Adobe. If they close down/go belly up, I still have what I paid for.

      • @pikmeir
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        38 months ago

        True, but people who purchased Photoshop outright also still own it. It’s just super old and lacking most of today’s features.

        • @Squeak
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          8 months ago

          That will eventually happen to affinity I’m sure, but at least affinity is ~5% the price a perpetual CS6 license was.

    • @[email protected]
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      48 months ago

      I bought v2 because they built faith and trust with v1. Well That’s gone. Time to move on.