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It didn’t take long for Canva’s Affinity acquisition to feel ominous.
Affinity users asking if the one-time-purchase creative software will adopt Canva’s subscription-based approach may not feel reassured by the response from Serif CEO Ashley Hewson.
“The V2 app still available as a one-off purchase and everyone who’s bought our apps previously of course can still use them in perpetuity moving forward.” He added that updates — for V2 at least — will be delivered “free of charge.”
A new FAQ page also says that “there are no changes to our current pricing model planned at this time.”
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