By the Affinity and Canva Teams

An update from Affinity and Canva on the acquisition of Affinity/Serif by Canva. They have made 4 pledges, including to maintain perpetual licenses.

  • ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    26·
    8 months ago

    Long story short:

    • They pledge to keep the status quo. (IE perpetual licenses in new versions)
    • Development is going to speed up.
    • Subscriptions are 99% coming. (Albeit optional at least at the start)
    • Free in schools. (IE training new artists in the Canva ecosystem. So they can be milked later. Here’s a personal anecdote: Maya, the paid 3D alternative to Blender is free in schools. Come out of school and it’s 235$ a month)

    &

    • Now throw all those pledges out because words mean nothing. This is not a partnership, this is an acquisition, and unless the contract is provided for us, in writing of the agreed upon terms. Nothing else matters but the actions that we’ll see in the near future.