Post Azl8S0GWcAPfvffU2a by Haste@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Azl8RxEdsi7mWxlRBo by Haste@mastodon.social
2025-10-30T22:48:55Z
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As we feared, all previous versions of #Affinity have been deprecated and replaced with a new freemium version— and a funnel to Canva, which acquired developer Serif over a year ago.Up-sales are AI features, and the functional, pay-once versions have been removed from stores for Apple products. No details on how long the license activation services for V1 and V2 will remain, so even if you bought it, someday you won’t be able to install it.Was my favorite tool, I’m devastated. :(#art
(DIR) Post #Azl8RyR5PvfmFqatE0 by Haste@mastodon.social
2025-10-30T22:54:32Z
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I’m sure @pluralistic is already tracking this, but something I haven’t read much about is how consumer attempts to “vote with their wallets” can be thwarted like this, thanks to DRM.If you decided to leave Adobe’s walled garden years ago, surprise, one has just been constructed around you. Even an investment in single-purchase tools that have values you agree with, can be thwarted by future acquisitions you have absolutely no way of anticipating. Those things can be taken away.
(DIR) Post #Azl8RzeatC4W21vBuy by Haste@mastodon.social
2025-10-30T22:59:02Z
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Years ago, I made the conscious decision to migrate to the Affinity suite, because I wanted to be in control of my tools. I was not interested in paying digital rent via subscription.I thought that investing in single-purchase software would give me that agency.I now realize I made a mistake.I forgot to consider license activation. It didn’t occur to me that an acquisition could press undo on my behalf.So, lesson learned. Now I need to update my mental model of what makes software safe.
(DIR) Post #Azl8S0GWcAPfvffU2a by Haste@mastodon.social
2025-10-30T23:03:00Z
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By the way, I reached out to the Affinity team for a statement immediately after their October announcement. They never responded.It is now clear why they left the community in limbo, with the suspension of their storefront and cryptic communications. They knew they had bad news.Anyway, here’s their new announcement. You can decide for yourself if it’s a grift.Once I’ve recovered what I can, I imagine I’ll be moving to an open-source alternative. https://www.affinity.studio/get-affinity
(DIR) Post #Azl8S0oYZddRdDaf5M by FeloniousPunk@beige.party
2025-10-30T23:28:00Z
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@Haste @noondlyt THIS is why we need to get behind FOSS solutions and DONATE to support their ongoing development.
(DIR) Post #Azl8S1UO475zixA4Ho by Haste@mastodon.social
2025-10-30T23:29:38Z
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@FeloniousPunk @noondlyt What’s the landscape look like today? I’ve seen Krita and Inkscape thrown around, but I haven’t learned to use either and am not sure what they’re capable of in terms of parity.
(DIR) Post #Azl8S2IN4H4uDyXzCC by FeloniousPunk@beige.party
2025-10-30T23:40:39Z
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@Haste @noondlyt Unfortunately I’m not the guy to ask about illustration tools, it’s not my wheelhouse. But there’s a huge box of nerds here, someone is bound to have the answers
(DIR) Post #Azl8S2x8chgiGPcXjs by Haste@mastodon.social
2025-10-31T00:11:10Z
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@FeloniousPunk @noondlyt that’s okay, I asked the forbidden question of “what’s good”. The fediverse is probably triangulating my location as we speak
(DIR) Post #Azl8S3bYCS0wHkWojI by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-31T06:06:49Z
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@Haste> The fediverse is probably triangulating my location as we speakBetter extract that robot shrimp from your belly button post haste, and get to an exit ... ; ) @FeloniousPunk @noondlyt