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Sorry if you were not aware, but Serif sell the Affinity range as a license per operating system. If you own a license on Windows then you have to buy it again for use on macOS.

Patrick Connor
Serif Europe Ltd

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As someone that has spent close to $200 on Affinity products including workbooks...F**k that.

I know it's not unheard but IMO I shouldn't have to pay again just to use the same piece of software on my laptop when I want to travel just because it's a different OS. 

I was quick to recommend Affinity products to friends and colleagues but that will no longer be the case.

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13 hours ago, asapcat said:

I know it's not unheard but IMO I shouldn't have to pay again just to use the same piece of software on my laptop when I want to travel just because it's a different OS. 

It is not "the same piece of software."

Among other things, the core app for the Mac versions is a UNIX executable file that won't run on Windows. For the Windows version it is a Windows Executable File that won't run on the Mac OS. Each OS also requires different types of support files (like frameworks vs. DLLs).

All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7
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1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7

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On 6/26/2019 at 8:43 PM, asapcat said:

As someone that has spent close to $200 on Affinity products including workbooks...F**k that.

Which is still a very good price if you compare it to other available solutions. You could as well spend as little as $50 for the Windows version of Affinity Publisher and it would still be a pretty good deal.

On 6/26/2019 at 8:43 PM, asapcat said:

I know it's not unheard but IMO I shouldn't have to pay again just to use the same piece of software on my laptop when I want to travel just because it's a different OS.  

This is the business model Serif chose. I have not seen any info by Serif recently where it wasn't absolutely clear that Affinity products for Mac and Affinity products for Windows are seperate purchases.

On 6/26/2019 at 8:43 PM, asapcat said:

I was quick to recommend Affinity products to friends and colleagues but that will no longer be the case. 

What about those friends who only use one platform?

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