Thread 462374

AFFINITY IS FUCKING DEAD. It's a zombie propped up by corporate PR bullshit and if you're still defending it, you are a literal, medically diagnosable retard.

`>SOLD OUT TO FUCKING CANVA`
`>THE APP FOR INSTAGRAM INFLUENCERS AND HR DEPARTMENTS MAKING FLYERS FOR THE COMPANY POTLUCK`
`>CEO "promises" they won't force a subscription on us.`
`>OH YEAH? FOR HOW LONG? UNTIL V3?`
`>WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING: A SLOW, PAINFUL TRANSITION INTO A BROWSER-BASED, SUBSCRIPTION-ONLY, AI-SLOP-GENERATING PIECE OF SHIT.`

They were the CHOSEN ONE. They were supposed to be the one company that wasn't trying to ram a subscription fee up our ass every single month until we die. The one place you could actually OWN your goddamn tools.

But no. They took the money. They bent the knee to the same corporate logic that created the Adobe monopoly in the first place. All that "for the creatives" talk was just marketing.

Enjoy your "magic AI logo generator" that shits out the same 5 generic logos. Enjoy the forced cloud integration that holds your own files hostage.

Im going back to the high seas, anons. There's no escaping it now. I paid for affinity but if they keep doing this shit im outta here.

>Free software means that the software's users have freedom. (The issue is not about price.) We developed the GNU operating system so that users can have freedom in their computing.

>Specifically, free software means users have the four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program, (1) to study and change the program in source code form, (2) to redistribute exact copies, and (3) to distribute modified versions.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/

>“Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer.” We sometimes call it “libre software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for “free” as in freedom, to show we do not mean the software is gratis.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

You choose to be in a "creative industry", basically a technically inept jackass buying into shitty proprietary SaaS applications like Apple and Adobe.

You will be continuously subjected to the SaaS cock and ball torture.

Basic features of free, general-purpose computing won't be granted to you - such as local storage, interchangeable hardware, standardized, open protocols and file formats.

Your Pantone swatches will all be #000, because some boomer said so. Your Figma account with 5 years of project files is locked, no refunds.

The software you choose to use will have deliberate always-online traps wrapped in Indian poo loo sprint-goal Node.js Electron code designed to fuck you over.

"Your" computer is a kiosk screen with a digital paint brush.

Hope you like the new acrylic icons.

They will probably use the Clip Studio model. Yearly "perpetual" versions or if you want the latest updates a subscription model.

>>462374 (OP)
Oktober 30th will tell.