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Re:Apple Acquires Pixelmator by thadk on Friday November 01, 2024 @02:23PM (#42020007)
Apple got scared: if Canva moves Affinity Suite to the web then that makes Apple computers less valuable unless you pay up for Adobe Creative Suite.

Affinity Photo is a bit too powerful for the client-side web right now but within the next couple years it's plausible. Photoshop already works in the full-stack browser well. Just a bit of Canva engineering away.

Re:Apple Acquires Pixelmator by mort96 on Friday November 01, 2024 @02:27PM (#42020050)
Hm? The Affinity Suite already works on Windows, which is realistically Apple's competitor in this space. The only platform moving to the web would enable is Linux and the BSDs, and while that would be great, I don't understand how you think it'd scare Apple?