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Affinity Studio is now free (www.affinity.studio)
submitted 1 day ago by simple@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Yes, Affinity really is free. You can use every tool in the Pixel, Vector, and Layout studios, plus all of the customization and export features, as much as you want, with no restrictions or payment needed. If you’re on a Canva premium plan, you’ll also be able to unlock Canva’s powerful AI tools within Affinity.

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[–] fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 92 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you have to sign up to use it, it isn't free.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AI training?

[–] fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably, and also the first step towards adopting Adobe's shitty business model.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

About a year ago, Canva tried to raise their prices significantly.

I forget exactly, but I pay for an account and can have 5 people on my team. They said they would start charging for each team member or something like that.

One person said their cot went up from like $100 to $600, maybe the numbers are off, but it’s close to how severe there increase was.

There was so much backlash over it that they decided to keep the old pricing structure.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago

So they're planning to hook people in with freebies then boil the frogs a little slower.