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kylie_kraft@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• jogaklaa@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They have a pro version that adds AI features, no idea the pricing yet though. People are also speculating that it’s also an ad for the parent company’s product Canva. And then the final guess is the standard enshittification where they try to corner the market by being unreasonably cheap for a while.

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  • ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They have a pro version that adds AI features, no idea the pricing yet though.

    The aricle says the AI stuff is tied to Canva’s Premium subscription, which is 120 USD/year:

    Canva Premium subscribers will also be able to use AI-powered Canva editing tools like image generation, photo cleanup, and instant copy directly within the Affinity app.

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They don’t do data mining, they’re using it as an upsell to canva

  You need a canva account and AI features are (expensive) subscription locked.

  I expect the core app to stagnate after this and AI features to get all the attention.

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• riskable@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The business model is hoping that non-professional users will sign up for canva subscriptions in order to take advantage of the AI features. There’s zillions of users like that—far more than the number of professional graphic artists that would pay for this software.

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  • Marthirial@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And that’s fine with me. The key is that Canva understands the difference and give us control on how professionals use the software.

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