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discussed yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39824191

From the FAQ:

> Canva’s business model is subscription, are there any plans to change how Affinity is sold?

> There are no changes to our current pricing model planned at this time, with all our apps still available as a one-off purchase. Existing Affinity users will be able to continue to use your apps in perpetuity as they were originally purchased – with plenty of free updates to V2 still to look forward to!

So, based on 100% of these deals turning these kinds of things into SaaS, it’s fair to assume v3 is going to be subscription based, right?

"There are currently no plans to switch to a monthly subscription model within the next 5 minutes."

I am less concerned by a subscription model, than Canvas hoovering people's work into their Gen AI systems.

The comments on the announcement video to YouTube subscribers of Serif's channel[1] are unanimously negative. A number of commenters refer to CEO Ashley Hewson's body language, which can be interpreted as less than happy.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcaGgGErLMo

Affinity Is Joining Canva