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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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[–] j5906@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux became so good at emulating windows apps, it now runs some of them better than windows itself (higher fps, lower power draw), so eventually their will be a port.

Given that these non native ports run in containers/bottles/whatever and internet access is often limited by default. However internet access is the key for their new business modell.

Basically Linux users will get the same or better product, without the drawbacks, which reminds me of pirated movies, where only the people actually buying it were made to sit through unskipable commercials.

[–] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago

Sadly Affinity Studio isn't one of them - it runs barely, if at all in emulators and believe me we tried. Especially for larger files it's still unusable.