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Affinity Stops Selling Its Software in Preparation for 'Big Changes' (petapixel.com)
12 points by jsheard 67 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


No subscriptions, no subscriptions, no subscriptions...


I smell the cloud coming.


I smell the "AI creativity tools" coming, meaning it cannot be fixed priced anymore.


Don't speak it into existence.


Spoiler: they're going subscription...

Which defeats the entire value proposition of their software unless the subscription is super cheap (meaning, <$10 for the suite.) Otherwise, you're better off going back to Photoshop.


Corporate Translator Says: Subscriptions, and more microtransaction are coming...


my guess is they injecting ai and "cloud" into their apps and ruining everything with a freemium model...




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