I think it proves that when you a monopoly you can have any business model and succeed and until you have a viable competitor. While amateurs can complain about

I think it proves that when you a monopoly you can have any business model and succeed and until you have a viable competitor. While amateurs can complain about the subscription model, for the average business customer we are stuck with Adobe. There are a lot of one of apps that are making their niche such as Sketch ever since Adobe dropped Fireworks. But no company has been able to go ahead to ahead with Adobe's full offerings. Affinity is certainly the world's best hope especially with Apple naming them some of the best apps available this year. In another year or two they could surpass Adobe for small shops but Adobe will still win for a long time because in business you need to hand off files to other people and other companies and they all use Adobe and you can't ask or expect them to use a new product like Affinity's offerings. However, over time as more people test Affinity and there maybe a chance unless Adobe gets their act together.