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Re:Affinity Studio Now Free by tym0 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:15PM (#45761689)
As someone who just bought V2 I am worried that V2 uses an activation server at all unlike V1 with its license key.

When this free/premium with AI thing crash and burn in a few years I can kiss that license goodbye.

Re:Affinity Studio Now Free by northrup on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:18PM (#45761726)
You should log in and download the offline copy of your license key and store it in order to safeguard such things.
Re:Affinity Studio Now Free by tym0 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:28PM (#45761857)
Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be a thing for V2
Re:Affinity Studio Now Free by binaryturtle on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:48PM (#45762113)
I bought V2 a while ago too when it was offered extra cheap. The problem it doesn't run on my rusty machine. I bought it to have it as reserve once I upgrade my machine someday (who knows if my V1 stuff still runs then?). I learned about this weird activation server stuff afterwards, so ultimately I had to ask for my money back. There was no way to "activate" the software and store the key/keyfile in a backup. In no way this is future proof in my view.

I want to use my software w/o depending on the availability of some random 3rd party server. I guess it just got worse with this new app here. I'm not enthusiastic about it at all. This has nothing to do with a price point at all (I was happy to pay for all my 3 V1 apps separately).