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Welcome to Canva, Affinity

by tagawa on 3/26/24, 3:54 AM with 17 comments

• by Reubend on 3/26/24, 5:47 AM

  Interesting. Affinity has a big following of people who want Adobe clones without paying a subscription fee, and Canva can certainly boost their growth to take over more of the market.

  On the other hand... can Affinity's "no subscription" model really remain intact after an acquisition like this? Canva might want to make big changes to increase profits, since they need to make back the money they spent purchasing it.

• by moi2388 on 3/26/24, 7:23 AM

  Great. Now, please listen carefully. Do not fuck up Affinity. It’s absolutely fantastic software with a great purchasing model. Do NOT turn this into a subscription. For the love of god.

• by ChrisArchitect on 3/26/24, 1:43 PM

  [dupe]

  Merge with other discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39824191

• by amandasystems on 3/26/24, 9:54 AM

  Oh no no no no shit no