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  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    23 hours 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 good value. Now it’s “free” I’m just a bit worried. Sure, it’s not exactly a subscription but where are they going?

    • Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish
      5·
      23 hours 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). What I do know is companies behind proprietary software has proven time and time again that we’re the product.