ahnay Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 21 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: @Karmamole Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums Because that is what we (Serif) decided to do. The Prodigal Son parable may be relevant here. A single price for launch for all users, other than those who bought in the 2-3 months before launch who received email with links with further discounts, including some who got free upgrades for very recent purchases. Sorry you think that your 6 years of use was not good enough value, but you can continue to use it at no extra cost. To ALL others here, PLEASE do not argue with these users whose views on our pricing are valid whether you agree with them or not. It is NOT for you to justify our marketing decisions, and is leading to arguments over and over which do not make anyone feel any different. Please stop engaging on Serif's behalf it is NOT what we want. Let them express their opinions, thanks. Just Stop, feedback is for Serif not for you I purchased mine in June, not fair, not fair, especially considering all the failures that you have yet to fix in v1! emmrecs01 and Westerwälder 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I made use of the discount offer and I am very satisfied with the V2 version. I bought the Affinity Revolution courses Photo v2 and Designer v2. I finished the Designer course and I am halfway the Photo course. At first sight, it seemed that the upgrade was rather small. However, once you really dive in Designer and Photo, this upgrade is really worth the money especially with the discount. I have both versions v1 and V2 on my laptop and do not want to return to v1 any more. The shape builder tool alone, is worth the upgrade for Designer. I depend completely for my drawing and photo retouching on Affinity. Where all my wishes and expectations forfilled for this upgrade? No, there are still many things to be desired. Makes that me unhappy? No, because now I still have other things to look out for. By the way, it is not the tool but the person who use the tool which create wonderful results. If you upgrade or not, is completely your choice. But don't start complaining after the discount period that you have to pay full price. Every decision has its consequences which has to be accepted. My only advice is to upgrade now so you can use the discount and see along the way when other updates come, what nice features will be added. Chris big smile, RNKLN, Westerwälder and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGO Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 This is false advertising. Regardless of what exact verbiage the used, they marketed V1 as a one time purchase you would never have to do again. Only a few years later and already they want me to pay again. Bah. PaoloT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, MGO said: This is false advertising. So sue them. Good luck. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 19 hours ago, MGO said: they marketed V1 as a one time purchase you would never have to do again Correct. V1 was a one-time purchase, and you don't need to pay again to continue using V1. V2 is a one-time purchase, and if you have purchased a V2 license you don't need to pay for that license again to continue using V2. In other words, this is a perpetual license, not a subscription. JET_Affinity, PaoloT and loukash 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Well nobody is forcing you to buy a new version every time one comes out. You can just keep using v1. It was always made perfectly clear that there would be free updates for v1, but new versions would be a separate purchase. Do you think the staff who work on Affinity received one pay packet and now work for free? Would you buy a new car, then expect a free one whenever a new model comes out? (Edit: for anyone coming across this post and wondering why it’s here, it was in reply to another post which was later removed!) Edited March 10 by PaulEC Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 8 minutes ago, borntobe said: All these B%llsh@t for use it forever Say what?! I bought Designer v1 in 2014 while my Mac was running MacOS Mountain Lion. As of 2024, I still can use Designer v1 on the latest MacOS version as we speak, almost 10 years later, without having had to pay anything. The last time I checked, Designer v1 has been updated for MacOS Sonoma compatibility only three months ago. Nine years after its release! 15 minutes ago, borntobe said: Now they can start releasing new version every year, or why not even every month Please don't spread FUD. thanks PaoloT and PaulEC 2 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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