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Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase
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this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2024
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They are probably failing to get enough users, so they will attempt to squeeze as much money from their existing users as they can before they go under.
That's too bad since they recently purchased the excellent Affinity suite... which I originally bought for a single lifetime price, but they're switching to a subscription model. So my favorite editing suite might get ruined two ways.
Are they? When they bought it they explicitly promised that they would not change the licensing. And no one believed them. Affinity was the only true competitor to Adobe products with equivalent functionality for a reasonable one-off payment instead of an extortionate subscription. I was so happy to find it - software that actually feels good to buy and use, Of course they're going to ruin it.
I'll give them credit for sticking with it so far. I even keep getting updates. But I assume they're brainstorming ways to end the one-time payment installations.
I believe at some point they said the may explore additional models, like offering both pay once and subscription at the same time. We can hope
I have a feeling they are going to retroactively shorten the “lifetime” of my license.
I don't think so. Unless I'm mistaken, your lifetime license is for major versions, so when 3.0 comes around, you will still be able to use 2.x.x, but not upgrade for free. They have been offering pretty good upgrade prices, though. We'll see what happens.