[No rewards for being an existing user...]

Well, 'pon my soul, I seem to have prompted a dialogue here. Many points have been raised here, quite a lot of them nothing to do with my own original point. So, for clarity, and to enable me to escape from under a pile of many skewed interpretations of my own view:

Running an ad agency in 1985, I introduced a thing called Aldus Pagemaker. Then I moved on to Quark Express. Then I moved on to InDesign. Then I discovered Affinity. Like I said in my original post, I told everybody about it, told them that it was the best thing since sliced bread and plastic daffodils, and got several to actually use it. Funnily enough, I like it because of the way it works. It's affordability is a bonus.  I wasn't complaining about the price. I was disappointed that Serif didn't seem to value their V1 user base sufficient to offer us a modest discount. Offering a discount to everyone is, in real terms, a discount from a price they aren't actually charging. And to say it's a discount from a price we're not charging yet is disingenuous. Better to be honest and say, we'll put the price up unless you buy it now. I have bought plenty of software that afforded - and still does - genuinely discounted upgrades to existing users (that's a good way to you build user loyalty/goodwill/positive PR). V1 was stunningly good value. I even bought Designer, though I have no idea how to use it, and may never ever have a need for it (there's loyalty for you). I don't think Affinity V2 is expensive, or not good value. But I'm currently having trouble figuring how my paying £90 for an upgrade (more, I think, than I paid for the whole shebang first time round), is best value for me. I'm sure the developer team are very aware of how much great work they've done. I want our moderator to be able to afford to eat. But to simple-minded users like me, new features like Linked File Layer Visibility Override aren't yet sufficently compelling.  But, if there was a built-in scanner interface....

[No rewards for being an existing user...]

Please tell me I'm wrong. I 've paid good money for the full Afffinity suite, way back. Now I'm being invited to buy Version 2 (so much better, so, by implication Version 1 not so good any more). But I'm being asked to pay the same price as first-time buyers! In the good old days, when apps were called software, existing users got a discount price for an upgrade. That was a logical approach to pricing, which encouraged existing users to move onwards and upwards, when they had less incentive to do that than first-time buyers.

I'm sorry Affinity can't find it in themselves to thank me for ditching CS whatever it was for their software. That I have previously bought their stuff counts, it seems for nothing. I am of no more interest to them than a new customers.

Thanks, guys. I'll stick with my existing versions. Even though they don't have a scanner interface. But then, ninety quid's worth of V2 doesn't either.

Y'know, I liked Affinity a lot. I recommended it to everyone I know.  Now, I feel like a mug.

Loyalty, guys, is a two-way street.

Yours,

Roger

[Sharing Affinity designer files between Windows and Mac users]

Hi - we have a design team at work for a community publication. Some are Mac users, and some are Windows users. Can Affinity designer files created on one platform be used on the other? Meaning, is there any cross-platform compatibity between the Windows and Mac versions of Affinity designer?