What dark and depressing news to start the day.
As one who *still* uses CS6 professionally, I added the Affinity line to my arsenal two and half years ago, and now confident with using it, just made my first purchase of an add-on last week, now this WTF "announcement" feels like a stab in the back, just like Adobe back in '13.
When Cinema 4D went sub only, I went all in on Blender and haven't looked back, and don't regret it. (still smarting from the loss of both Allegorithmic and Pixologic, both their "announcements" mirror this one.)
Looks like it's time to leverage my perpetual licensed version of Clip Studio Paint EX and finally go all in on Krita.
So thankful for my DaVinci Resolve and Fusion perpetual licenses. Too bad this "announcement" wasn't for Serif being acquired by Blackmagic Design (another Australian company), *that* would have really felt like a slap in the face to Adobe!
So the countdown to being locked behind a subscription only wall begins today, such sad, troubling and extremely aggravating news. Will continue to shout at the "cloud" -- "I am not a number, I am a free man!"
C'est la vie, RIP Affinity, you finally got your payday...