I stumbled upon them years ago when I discovered they had online colour tools. However, they’ve gradually leaned into AI and seem to be racking up a portfolio to rival Adobe.
I stumbled upon them years ago when I discovered they had online colour tools. However, they’ve gradually leaned into AI and seem to be racking up a portfolio to rival Adobe.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Affinity has been the best alternative to some of the key Adobe tools for a while now, and it was a one-off payment of about $200 for the whole suite, which was pretty good value. Now it’s “free” I’m just a bit worried. Sure, it’s not exactly a subscription but why would a company decide not to take that $200? Unless this is just another case of betting it all on AI.
tonytins@pawb.social 2 months ago
I don’t know either, and that’s the problem. Open source projects can justify being free, even if some of the business models are a bit questionable (e.g. open core). Proprietary, on the other hand, has proven time and time again that we’re the product.