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Roodbaerd
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Skylar Caulfield :blue_verify:

@metin@graphics.social I wonder if they are gonna drop the buy option. Or honestly when will they drop the buy option and move to all subscription

26 March at 20:33 | Open on blahaj.zone
Darren Di Lieto

@metin Oh no. Are they being acquired?

26 March at 16:06 | Open on illo.social
Metin Seven 🎨
Darren Di Lieto

@metin bugger! I guess I'm going to be using Acorn more extensively in the future and looking for vector and publishing alternatives. I suppose we had a good run, for a while there, at least.

26 March at 16:13 | Open on illo.social
Darren Di Lieto

@metin I love their tagline, "Those that can't, use Canva" 🙃 #Joking

26 March at 16:14 | Open on illo.social
GunChleoc

@darrendilieto @metin Have you tried Inkscape and Scribus to see if they do what you need?

26 March at 16:19 | Open on mastodon.scot
Metin Seven 🎨

@gunchleoc @darrendilieto I haven't tried Scribus, but I've worked with @inkscape and it's a very competent vector tool. Have a look at these tutorials for a nice impression:

youtube.com/@LogosByNick

26 March at 16:47 | Open on graphics.social
Darren Di Lieto

@metin @gunchleoc @inkscape Inkscape is now on my list for when I get a minute for this stuff. 🙂 THANKS!

26 March at 17:06 | Open on illo.social
Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)

@metin
Thank you for the bad news and the list of alternatives!
While I’m using TeX (ConTeXt) for more layout jobs than I should, I still need some layout app, and Scribus has too narrow limits. Inkscape is really good since ~1.2, but for some jobs, Affinity Designer is still better. And of course I need a photo editor that’s capable of prepress tasks. I can’t work with Gimp, need to check Krita…
Still missing a really good PDF app (for prepress!).

@gunchleoc @darrendilieto @inkscape

@metin
Thank you for the bad news and the list of alternatives!
While I’m using TeX (ConTeXt) for more layout jobs than I should, I still need some layout app, and Scribus has too narrow limits. Inkscape is really good since ~1.2, but for some jobs, Affinity Designer is still better. And of course I need a photo editor that’s capable of prepress tasks. I can’t work with Gimp, need to check Krita…
Still missing a really good PDF app (for prepress!).

26 March at 22:48 | Open on literatur.social
ToddZ

@metin

Which is why I can't take the "Ain't nothing gonna change" announcement from the #Affinity CEO seriously.

26 March at 16:54 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Moskitokönig Kevin

@toddz I think it's brutally honest. Especially when it comes to the #1 reason for a lot of folks who switched from Adobe's in$anity to Affinity:
»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«.
*At this time* 🤡

Plus: »plenty of *free updates to V2* still to look forward to!«
*Version 2*

So it's safe to assume that after V2 the Enshitification* of Affinity will begin.

@metin

@toddz I think it's brutally honest. Especially when it comes to the #1 reason for a lot of folks who switched from Adobe's in$anity to Affinity:
»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«.
*At this time* 🤡

26 March at 17:02 | Open on dizl.de
Moskitokönig Kevin
Moskitokönig Kevin

Really sad to see the once lovely alternative to Adobe's aggressive subscription- and cloud plans probably end up taking the same path after all.

@toddz @metin

26 March at 17:09 | Open on dizl.de
Mark B Tomlinson
Tormod Halvorsen

@mbt3d @metin

ONCE bitten? Enjoy your youth while it lasts, young man 🙂

26 March at 21:04 | Open on mastodon.social
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