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NewInBoston

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    NewInBoston reacted to Bryce in Canva   
    Someone forge to take their meds?
    Seriously?
    I woke up this morning and found that my Affinity software worked the same as it did Monday morning. What the heck? With the bridge collapsing, the dollar dropping and Serif's announcement yesterday I thought that the world came to an end. Yet, the garden is still growing and Affinity will still make me money as it did every other day (If I can stay off the stupid thread).
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    NewInBoston reacted to Pseudolus in Canva   
    This is indeed fantastic news.
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    NewInBoston reacted to Ash in Canva   
    To followup on some of my comments yesterday, we are today enshrining our commitment to the Affinity community in 4 pledges made by the Affinity and Canva teams.
    You can read about them here.

    We do truly believe the coming together of Affinity and Canva is only going to be a good thing for our customers, staff and the development of our apps. We very much hope you will all continue to be with us on this journey.
    All the best,
    Ash


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    NewInBoston reacted to Bit Disappointed in Another case for the UI team: the move tool   
    Let us merely suggest that a decade into Affinity's existence, Serif Software has yet to devise a user interface that contemporaneously and intuitively explicates to its clientele what image and pixel layers are. The plethora of scenarios proffering unintended consequences for the customers is fundamentally disheartening.
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    NewInBoston reacted to nezumi in Canva   
    Is this some sort of mass panic attack?  😆
    "Video isn't good enough, everybody lies, tomorrow servers can be off, lets make our own software in India, you're a spineless sheep if you are not looking for replacement NOOOW!"
    Bloody hell man...
    Repeat after me: goosfraba.
    GOOS..FRABAAA.
    Good.
    What do you want them to say? Whatever they say they will be accused of lying immediately. It turned into a madhouse here.
    Luckily we have a solution.
    India.
    🤣
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    NewInBoston reacted to PaulEC in Canva   
    I think that, for me, the big problem with this take over is not so much the possibility of Affinity moving towards being a subscription service (although, on principle I object to that,) my main concern is regarding continuation of service. I've seen it happen before, when a smaller company is bought up by a larger one. At first, everything is fine, everyone is happy. The old managers retain their positions, and have a nice pay out, there are promises of further investment and new, superior products. Then the bubble bursts. The parent company decides that profits are not good enough to justify their investment. They want them to start cutting corners, use cheaper materials, move to cheaper premises and lay off staff. The product is not as good as it was, there is little new development and innovation, inevitably sales drop and customers go elsewhere. The end result is that the smaller company effectively disappears. I'm not saying that this always happens, but it is a genuine concern!
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    NewInBoston reacted to cTHULHU in Canva   
    They still have to clear the regulators especially the UK one that torpedoed the Adobe / Figma deal, I wouldn't be putting down a Tesla deposit just yet. 
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    NewInBoston reacted to mopperle in It was good while it lasted. Where do you plan to go now?   
    Guys, dont panic. Nothing has been decided yet. There will be changes for sure as with every merger/acquisition, but whether they will be good or bad for us Affinity users, time will tell and if it will get worse, you have enough time to move elsewhere. 
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from JoshB in Canva   
    Better Canva than Adobe. Affinity being a small team put us all in a more vulnerable position. This does help reinforce the walls so to speak, and before reading the entire letter I did think cloud possibilities. 
     
    At the moment this could go both ways. There is now a 100% chance that small, agile companies will be bought out eventually, but Canvas has a lot to gain by NOT being Adobe, and I think they know this.
    and besides, when is the last time you explored job openings and saw "must know Affinity Suite" as part of the requirements? This might change that making our favorite tool more mainstream.
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from pgraficzny in Canva   
    Better Canva than Adobe. Affinity being a small team put us all in a more vulnerable position. This does help reinforce the walls so to speak, and before reading the entire letter I did think cloud possibilities. 
     
    At the moment this could go both ways. There is now a 100% chance that small, agile companies will be bought out eventually, but Canvas has a lot to gain by NOT being Adobe, and I think they know this.
    and besides, when is the last time you explored job openings and saw "must know Affinity Suite" as part of the requirements? This might change that making our favorite tool more mainstream.
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from loukash in Canva   
    Better Canva than Adobe. Affinity being a small team put us all in a more vulnerable position. This does help reinforce the walls so to speak, and before reading the entire letter I did think cloud possibilities. 
     
    At the moment this could go both ways. There is now a 100% chance that small, agile companies will be bought out eventually, but Canvas has a lot to gain by NOT being Adobe, and I think they know this.
    and besides, when is the last time you explored job openings and saw "must know Affinity Suite" as part of the requirements? This might change that making our favorite tool more mainstream.
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from jonwright in Canva   
    This. It all may be a moot point, in the end. Still, 800mil + offer when facing down the barrel of an AI supernova facing the industry, they would be fools to not merge. This might be the best for all of us, in the end. We just don't know it.
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from tudor in Canva   
    Better Canva than Adobe. Affinity being a small team put us all in a more vulnerable position. This does help reinforce the walls so to speak, and before reading the entire letter I did think cloud possibilities. 
     
    At the moment this could go both ways. There is now a 100% chance that small, agile companies will be bought out eventually, but Canvas has a lot to gain by NOT being Adobe, and I think they know this.
    and besides, when is the last time you explored job openings and saw "must know Affinity Suite" as part of the requirements? This might change that making our favorite tool more mainstream.
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from Boldlinedesign in Canva   
    Better Canva than Adobe. Affinity being a small team put us all in a more vulnerable position. This does help reinforce the walls so to speak, and before reading the entire letter I did think cloud possibilities. 
     
    At the moment this could go both ways. There is now a 100% chance that small, agile companies will be bought out eventually, but Canvas has a lot to gain by NOT being Adobe, and I think they know this.
    and besides, when is the last time you explored job openings and saw "must know Affinity Suite" as part of the requirements? This might change that making our favorite tool more mainstream.
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    NewInBoston reacted to BofG in Canva   
    I mean no one is pleased by the news here, but that's not really called for is it?
    Would you stare down a multi-million pound pay day just to continue in the daily grind? I'd sell everyone here out in a heartbeat for jet skis and malibu beaches!
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from Torstein in Extremely Disappointed, Existing Customers must Purchase Affinity V2   
    I am on the opposite spectrum and rather perplexed by some of the surprised responses I see about the paid upgrade path. Frankly, I would be shocked if Affinity were able to continue dominating Adobe CC simply by slinging books and art packs. 
    I paid for copies of all Affinity apps nearly 7 years ago and was happy to purchase supplemental content to support them.
    Like you, I refuse to pay for a subscription model on core workflow tools. The alternative to that (the norm of yesteryear) was pay-per-update. Remember how Adobe used to charge 499.00 every few years?
    With Affinity, I think I paid maybe 150.00 for all 3 apps, but was happy to pay for them again for my new Mac when moving from my Windows machine because the cost was so affordable. Since I haven't been charged for an app update in 7 years, and ran out of ways to support Affinity in the shop due to purchasing all books and art packs, V2 was an instant buy.
    And honestly 99.00 is a deal, yet again. And it's one time payment, with years of updates to come with new tool. New features like live meshwarping are likely only possible because of an entire engine rewrite. 
    I do music production on the side as well and I can tell you that Logix Pro X is free because it's subsidized by the price of their computers, which stop receiving updates to the newest OS every few years - forcing users to upgrade. It surely isn't free. Also Logic rarely releases major updates with ground breaking features. Either way, every other DAW save FL studio charges at least 199 / year for point releases. 
    iZotope (one of the most expensive luxury plugin companies) sells dozens of different products as single purchases and bundle for hundreds or even thousands of dollars with expensive semi-yearly releases. What was the cost of the latest Ozone 9 suite? 800 bucks? What was the upgrade path? 400? On something like a 2 year release cycle.
    Here is Affinity with a 99.00 upgrade path for all core apps with a track record of several years of major upgrades. Since when did "own your software" mean lifetime updates?  
    Anyways, I am delighted. Sorry you are not.
     
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from eiketre in Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.   
    Ash posted a response to the in app purchase critique which I find more than reasonable. Did you happen to read it? Here is a link to the post.
     
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    NewInBoston reacted to VectorVonDoom in Astronaut Number Deux   
    Used a few references and filled spaces in. Could have done more but didn't want to spend any more time on it so it will do.
     
     

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    NewInBoston got a reaction from Patrick Connor in Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.   
    Ash posted a response to the in app purchase critique which I find more than reasonable. Did you happen to read it? Here is a link to the post.
     
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from PaulEC in Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.   
    Ash posted a response to the in app purchase critique which I find more than reasonable. Did you happen to read it? Here is a link to the post.
     
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from gogi in Extremely Disappointed, Existing Customers must Purchase Affinity V2   
    I am on the opposite spectrum and rather perplexed by some of the surprised responses I see about the paid upgrade path. Frankly, I would be shocked if Affinity were able to continue dominating Adobe CC simply by slinging books and art packs. 
    I paid for copies of all Affinity apps nearly 7 years ago and was happy to purchase supplemental content to support them.
    Like you, I refuse to pay for a subscription model on core workflow tools. The alternative to that (the norm of yesteryear) was pay-per-update. Remember how Adobe used to charge 499.00 every few years?
    With Affinity, I think I paid maybe 150.00 for all 3 apps, but was happy to pay for them again for my new Mac when moving from my Windows machine because the cost was so affordable. Since I haven't been charged for an app update in 7 years, and ran out of ways to support Affinity in the shop due to purchasing all books and art packs, V2 was an instant buy.
    And honestly 99.00 is a deal, yet again. And it's one time payment, with years of updates to come with new tool. New features like live meshwarping are likely only possible because of an entire engine rewrite. 
    I do music production on the side as well and I can tell you that Logix Pro X is free because it's subsidized by the price of their computers, which stop receiving updates to the newest OS every few years - forcing users to upgrade. It surely isn't free. Also Logic rarely releases major updates with ground breaking features. Either way, every other DAW save FL studio charges at least 199 / year for point releases. 
    iZotope (one of the most expensive luxury plugin companies) sells dozens of different products as single purchases and bundle for hundreds or even thousands of dollars with expensive semi-yearly releases. What was the cost of the latest Ozone 9 suite? 800 bucks? What was the upgrade path? 400? On something like a 2 year release cycle.
    Here is Affinity with a 99.00 upgrade path for all core apps with a track record of several years of major upgrades. Since when did "own your software" mean lifetime updates?  
    Anyways, I am delighted. Sorry you are not.
     
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from myclay in Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.   
    Ash posted a response to the in app purchase critique which I find more than reasonable. Did you happen to read it? Here is a link to the post.
     
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    NewInBoston got a reaction from Alfred in Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.   
    Ash posted a response to the in app purchase critique which I find more than reasonable. Did you happen to read it? Here is a link to the post.
     
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    NewInBoston reacted to Leigh in Disgusting pricing   
    This thread is now closed/locked. This thread has been reported several times and everything that needs to be said has been said.
    Here's a link to the forum guidelines for anyone needing a refresher: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/guidelines/
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    NewInBoston reacted to Maksimus in Disgusting pricing   
    We don't complain about you complaining.
    We are trying to convince you that:
    1. There's no point in complaining. Your cost complaints will not be heard by Serif and they will not change their prices.
    2. In terms of price/quality/capability Serif offers the best product on the market. There are no alternatives at this cost for such functionality and quality.
    3. If you are embarrassed by Affinity prices, always remember Adobi's price policy. There is a much worse example. And... It continues to be used on such conditions by thousands of customers.
    Therefore, we do not complain about complaints, but report that this is a useless waste of time and air shaking.
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