on Mar 26, 2024 20:45:15 GMT
Last Edit: Mar 26, 2024 21:14:11 GMT by lumiworx
I'm aware that several of us here have and regularly use Affinity software, namely, Affinity’s Designer, Photo, and Publisher applications.
Apparently an Australian based company - Canva - has bought out the entire design-centric catalog from Serif (Affinity's parent/owner), with a stated intention that Affinity applications will remain separate from Canva’s platform, but that some small integrations should be expected over time. “Our product teams have already started chatting and we have some immediate plans for lightweight integration, but we think the products themselves will always be separate,..."
Full story is here:
www.theverge.com/2024/3/26/24112277/canva-affinity-acquisition-design-software-suite-adobe-rival
Canva (www.canva.com) seems to primarily have web-based services under a yearly subscription model now for their for-pay products, but obviously Affinity products are platform installed software that are perpetually licenced. The question for me becomes, what happens to that business model moving forward, when the Affinity creative offerings are under new ownership.
Apparently an Australian based company - Canva - has bought out the entire design-centric catalog from Serif (Affinity's parent/owner), with a stated intention that Affinity applications will remain separate from Canva’s platform, but that some small integrations should be expected over time. “Our product teams have already started chatting and we have some immediate plans for lightweight integration, but we think the products themselves will always be separate,..."
Full story is here:
www.theverge.com/2024/3/26/24112277/canva-affinity-acquisition-design-software-suite-adobe-rival
Canva (www.canva.com) seems to primarily have web-based services under a yearly subscription model now for their for-pay products, but obviously Affinity products are platform installed software that are perpetually licenced. The question for me becomes, what happens to that business model moving forward, when the Affinity creative offerings are under new ownership.