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Affinity Studio is now free [free beer type of freedom] (www.affinity.studio)

submitted 6 months ago by misk@piefed.social to c/technology@piefed.social

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[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fuck sake. We get a decent Adobe competitor without AI and subscriptions and it gets immediately enshittified with AI and subscriptions.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So, it's not free?

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

It is free, but you need a Canvas account, and only the ai features are behind their subscription

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When the product is free, you are the product.

Abraham Lincoln, probably

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Understood. I care, but a lot of people don't care about that kind of thing.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m just mad because I bought a license given it was a one-time purchase with updates for that version (like the good old days) and the developers weren’t chasing AI integration (even discussed they didn’t want to add generative AI).

Now I’m not sure I want to trust investing time in the product if they could start doing more Adobe-like behaviors. If only FOSS apps could close the gaps faster.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Inkscape is better than this mess.