Disappointing, because this likely spells the end of one-time-purchase Affinity products, and as mentioned in the article up until now that has been a big selling point for them.

I hope I’m wrong, but if I’m not it doesn’t fare well for Affinity’s future growth and popularity. People are likely to go back to Adobe because there’s no point giving up the compatibility, instructional material, etc that comes with Adobe stuff if they’re stuck with subscriptions either way.