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PastaShock

Serif/Canva is making some big announcement about their Affinity Suite of apps on the 30th. A LOT of people think they're going to announce a new version that is subscription licensed instead of a one-time purchase.

I expect this will drive some people to Scribus.

Software should be owned, not rented.

rapio

I agree. I was looking at Affinity and the next day, bam, gone! I'll stick with Scribus.

marce colina

Scribus looks great, even some issues make it hard to use for replace publisher, or pageplus. The managemente of laaarge text blocks, so slowly, is a stop game for me.

AdmFubar

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Aleks100


AdmFubar

it will still happen, canva is a sas company, and some of the features in affininty  are available via subscription only. I wont be surprised if they keep making "improvements" to the features and make them subscription only.
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PastaShock

Well, the news dropped. Canva merged Designer, Photo, and Publisher into one app just called "Affinity." They made is completely free, with an optional subscription to get AI features. A lot of people are very skeptical about this, claiming (as is usually the case) that when something is free, YOU ARE the product.

I watched the Canva keynote out of curiosity, and when they announced Canva AI (available both in the online Canva suite and Affinity), almost nobody applauded. The hosts on the stage had to coax the audience into applauding.

Canva is doing major damage control trying to convince creatives that they're not the product and they're doing this for the good of the creative community.

We'll see what comes of this mess.

AdmFubar

Quote from: PastaShock on Today at 06:12:35 PMWell, the news dropped. Canva merged Designer, Photo, and Publisher into one app just called "Affinity." They made is completely free, with an optional subscription to get AI features. A lot of people are very skeptical about this, claiming (as is usually the case) that when something is free, YOU ARE the product.

uhm in case you've not noticed, even when you pay for a product.. you are still the product..
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