Affinity (Serif) being purchased by Canva (affinity.serif.com)

dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39824191

It will be interesting to see, whether Affinity will switch to subscriptions in the service. Officially "it's not planned".

Discussion in user forum : https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/201413-aff...

> Canva’s business model is subscription, are there any plans to change how Affinity is sold?

Answer: Do not worry, your existing software won’t be affected. New updates after a token few V2 updates though…

Honestly, expect the worst here. Even if they don’t announce as such, it is most definitely in the minds of every executive walking around there.

I loved that affinity hadn't jumped on the subscription bandwagon, I hope that they maintain their philosophy.

The beginning of the end for a one-off license it appears. I don't see why Canva would green-light V3 as a non-subscription service. And that makes me wonder if Canva will be able to compete with the likes of Adobe/Figma/Sketch.

The wording of the announcement is basically a forewarning that change is going to come sooner or later. I don't see this as a "charitable acquisition" by Canva.