I’m just mad because I bought a license given it was a one-time purchase with updates for that version (like the good old days) and the developers weren’t chasing AI integration (even discussed they didn’t want to add generative AI).
Now I’m not sure I want to trust investing time in the product if they could start doing more Adobe-like behaviors. If only FOSS apps could close the gaps faster.
Only in that it's free for now. But how many features will start disappearing behind a paywall with each update, or how many ads or subtle limitations will be introduced? In the end it may effectively become a subscription, which is exactly where we all thought they would go with this.
Not sure if this is a smart move. On one hand it's cool to not have to switch between programs for typography, photo editing and vector work and there are programs that do a lot of things reasonably well (Blender). On the other hand I think the "do one thing well" maxime is pretty a smart way to not have bloated software that tries to do everything and fails at everything which is the danger here.
Publisher was already there, and after using it I started to find the distinction between designer, photo and publisher quite pointless and weird, since each software integrates capabilities from the other ones seamlessly, in a way in which often there’s no point in choosing an app instead of the others
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fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 317d
Fuck sake. We get a decent Adobe competitor without AI and subscriptions and it gets immediately enshittified with AI and subscriptions.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 317d
So, it's not free?
inlandempire@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 317d
It is free, but you need a Canvas account, and only the ai features are behind their subscription
fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 317d
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
Understood. I care, but a lot of people don't care about that kind of thing.
fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
I’m just mad because I bought a license given it was a one-time purchase with updates for that version (like the good old days) and the developers weren’t chasing AI integration (even discussed they didn’t want to add generative AI).
Now I’m not sure I want to trust investing time in the product if they could start doing more Adobe-like behaviors. If only FOSS apps could close the gaps faster.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 317d
Inkscape is better than this mess.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 317d
You won’t pry my non-AI Affinity 2 programs from my death grip.
Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 317d
Now that is not the direction I was expecting then to take this
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 317d
Only in that it's free for now. But how many features will start disappearing behind a paywall with each update, or how many ads or subtle limitations will be introduced? In the end it may effectively become a subscription, which is exactly where we all thought they would go with this.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 317d
I tried it. Honestly, over the years I've become so used to GIMP and Inkscape that I don't really need anything else.
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 317d
Not sure if this is a smart move. On one hand it's cool to not have to switch between programs for typography, photo editing and vector work and there are programs that do a lot of things reasonably well (Blender). On the other hand I think the "do one thing well" maxime is pretty a smart way to not have bloated software that tries to do everything and fails at everything which is the danger here.
fdrc_lm@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 316d
Publisher was already there, and after using it I started to find the distinction between designer, photo and publisher quite pointless and weird, since each software integrates capabilities from the other ones seamlessly, in a way in which often there’s no point in choosing an app instead of the others
mintiefresh@piefed.social · 2 pts · 310d
Affinity Studio needs to support Linux.