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Affinity users won’t be forced into paying subscriptions following Canva acquisition

Affinity isn’t planning to ditch its one-time payment model.

After Canva’s acquisition of Affinity design software sparked concern regarding the future of its one-time purchase pricing model, both companies are now promising that users won’t be forced into subscribing to the service — ever. “We’re looking forward to accelerating the rollout of highly requested features such as variable font support, blend and width tools, auto object selection, multi-page spreads, ePub export, and much more,” reads the pledge announcement. “These additions will further cement Affinity as the best advanced design suite on the market and will be released over the coming year as free updates to V2.”

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