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Canva bought Serif for their quite nice Affinity suite some time back. I wonder how this will work out long term.
by SSLy 2y ago
Canva bought Serif for their quite nice Affinity suite some time back. I wonder how this will work out long term.
- daemin 2y agoWell luckily if you've bought a licence to the Serif programs then you'll be able to use it even if the next version goes subscription only.
- gman83 2y agoI doubt they're going to work on the Affinity suite much more, it was probably more of an acquihire, where they'll get the engineers to work on the main Canva product.
- mitemte 2y agoWhat makes you say that? Canva already stated Affinity won’t be going anywhere. https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity-canva-pledge/ https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity-canva-pledge/
- rchaud 2y agoI've used Affinity for years, it was pretty much in a feature freeze state before V2 (which didn't really add anything major). I'm fine with that, it's more capable and user friendly than GIMP and Inkscape so I was happy to pay for it.
- DHPersonal 2y agoI interpret any statement by a company to be true only in the quartile that the statement is published.
- latexr 2y agoThe made a pledge at the time: > 1. We are committed to fair, transparent and affordable pricing, including the perpetual licenses that have made Affinity special. > 2. We will double down on expanding Affinity’s products through continued investment in Affinity as a standalone product suite. > 3. We will provide Affinity free for schools and nonprofits. > 4. We are committed to listening and being led by the design community at every step in this journey. https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity-canva-pledge/ https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity-canva-pledge/ If we should trust that or not is another matter. I’m inclined not to.