Great. Now, please listen carefully. Do not fuck up Affinity. It’s absolutely fantastic software with a great purchasing model. Do NOT turn this into a subscription. For the love of god.
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Merge with other discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39824191
Oh no no no no shit no
Interesting. Affinity has a big following of people who want Adobe clones without paying a subscription fee, and Canva can certainly boost their growth to take over more of the market.
On the other hand... can Affinity's "no subscription" model really remain intact after an acquisition like this? Canva might want to make big changes to increase profits, since they need to make back the money they spent purchasing it.