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Re:Canva acquires Affinity, its biggest acquisition, to comp... by hbn on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @01:05PM (#39830231)
I feel like they could have a sustainable model if they had a more expensive one-time purchase and every few years released a new major version that required a one-time purchase again. If you bought the old version you can continue to use it, but it's no longer officially supported nor will it receive any future updates.

I wish there was an option for this with e.g. Photoshop. I want to have PS because it's occasionally handy or fun for photoshopping my friends as a joke, but I don't need it for anything that makes me money so I can't justify paying. But if I had a slightly outdated version I could purchase once, I'd be find not getting all the latest updates.

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Re:Canva acquires Affinity, its biggest acquisition, to comp... by matwood on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:36PM (#39831268)
> I feel like they could have a sustainable model if they had a more expensive one-time purchase and every few years released a new major version that required a one-time purchase again.

And people complain about this also. If everyone is going to complain anyway, they might as well go to subscription which is best for the business.

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Re:Canva acquires Affinity, its biggest acquisition, to comp... by hbn on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @03:31PM (#39831873)
Do they? It's not super common, but I can think of the JetBrains IDEs that I believe let you continue to use the last version of the IDE before you stopped paying. Alfred, the Spotlight alternative for Mac does something like that, and you get a discount code if you own the last version.

Both beloved pieces of software.

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