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Dear Monzo, we ALL paying things on and on again, in music apps, in productivity apps etc etc... Not a new thing...
Even the sad people using Windows, they pay for old fuckin' code with every new release of Windows...
Affinity Suite, with nine (9) license for under 100 bucks isn't something to complain of, and the suite itself can be used as before in version 1.x, just as before release of version 2.x...
So not a ‘one time payment’ then. Since it’s been abandoned, and will at some point not be compatible with security and OS updates.
I’ve got nothing against paying for new stuff, I just find all this ‘use it as long as you like’/‘one time payment’ stuff disingenuous.
Thanks man! Actually they solve it a bit like Imaginando with their DRC, FRMS etc plugin. You can also unlock content with the account of their desktop website. Thanks for replying
Perspective…
Adobe
Number of employees: 25,988
Revenue: 15.78 billion
Serif
Number of employees: 81
Revenue: $11.7 million
Adobe has a stranglehold with Creative Suite, like Microsoft does with Office; I don’t see any possible company coming along to dethrone either one of them ever. I personally don’t have an Adobe subscription because I only do design work here and there. As far as Office, my job gives me that for free.
Serif gave many of us 8 years of updates at no additional cost (I’m a Serif OG), the V2 updates are very significant and the whole suite feels more refined now. The small price I paid for V1 and V2 combined, if Serif wants $100 from me every eight years or even annually that’s still more affordable than Adobe; I can’t even feel close to frustrated. 🤷🏽♂️
No offense to frustrated users, because I can see your perspective especially if you recently purchased V1 (from which I understand many of those new users received free upgrade offers via email from Serif - quite generous), but I just feel like there are way more pluses than minuses and Serif deserves to be supported; they seem to do a lot with very little. Imagine your closest competitor having 25,000 to your 80 employees and making 1000x more revenue… Who wants to work for free?
The difference between the Adobe Suite and Affinity is like comparing a new Ferrari to a second-hand Ford Fiesta.
Affinity does the basics. Some of the basics it doesn’t do particularly well, and some of the basics (e.g. auto-trace) are missing. Adobe provide an insane amount of functionality and content.
There are a number of things I can do ten times quicker, and better, in Photoshop. Ditto Illustrator.
But. I’ve supported Affinity, and introduced hundreds of others to their products, because it’s been a cheap and cheerful way to do the majority of graphic design tasks if you’re on a budget, and I’ve had great respect for the company.
Switching off support for my (7) purchases overnight, and not providing an upgrade path for me as an existing customer has now changed all of that, and people I’ve talked into buying their products (some just a few months ago) will not be impressed by my recommendations.
It’s not the same as Adobe. They are not usable for life. And it is not a one-time payment.
Facts matter.
So... let's wait v3 and hope... 🤞🏻
I feel end user skill is most important, but I understand… Adobe holds it a place for a reason. It’s why I say Adobe is king. Although, Serif’s target is the same as their company, small and independent.
WTF Monzo, Affinity Suite V2 is like an used Ford Fiesta??
So, you are angry because what?
Most of all, for me it ONLY matters what Adobe and Serif Labs is releasing on iPadOS, and there is the things reversed, Affinity Suite is the Ferrari and Adobe the little ugly old Ford Fiesta!
Adobes apps on iPad is a real joke!!
I’m using Adobe CC again because my work pays for it for me (after much struggle). I must say I really don’t like it any more – it’s inefficient and dragged my latest i9 16 MacBook Pro to its knees (I use it on an older work MacBook Pro now, which seems to have a better time of it). But it’s changed significantly since when I used to use it all day every day. I can hardly find my way round Illustrator any more, and it infuriatingly traps me in places that don’t work (no not the isolation, I’ve got the hang of that now).
I mean, I’ve been using Illustrator & Photoshop since the late 80s when they came out, I did the worlds first fully electronic illustrated magazine cover in illustrator 1.1 (straight out the imagesetter to the printer, no repro house). I wrote books on advanced illustrator and photoshop. Now I can barely understand them. I think I’ve overtaken that knowledge with Affinity stuff now.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-5117-0
Truth be told... for most image editing I actually prefer Pixelmator Pro. On desktop AND iPad.
I know the Affinity Photo product can do a great deal more, but most of the time I don't need what Affinity or Adobe for that matter... can do.
In addition to this... I've been using some cloud services for a current client. For these services it was best to keep the projects in Canva so that others on the team who don't have experience with legacy design programs could easily make edits and additions to layouts. These are somewhat limited platforms and work mostly off of templates... but you can start from scratch too if you want. I've actually been pretty impressed with just how much you can do in these new platforms that make much of the heavy lifting stuff VERY easy.
I can see a day soon enough when the talented designers will only be making editable templates for use on these platforms, while most of the end use content will be created by team members who have very little experience with design programs at all.
I also used the free (likely to be subscription soon) video editing program from the TikTok folks. I believe it's called "CapCut" or something like that. It's also somewhat limited, but this one is also impressive just how much you can do extremely easily with almost no video editing experience at all.
These platforms and templates are only going to get better. I'm convinced that eventually most commercial design and video work is going to be done solely within these cloud platforms. The only catch is that if you lose your internet connection... you can't work.
I was kinda thinking the Ferrari analogy was the other way around myself… Ferrari is a passion project, Ford Fiesta is intended to be a high volume seller. After all, Enzo almost went bankrupt - Fiat to the rescue, Scuderia Ferrari 4 Life!
That was my feeling when using Illustrator, too many controls and too many ways to do the same thing. I still think the Adobe products are great, but I prefer simple and quick! That is quite an impressive history you have, thank you for all your hard work 🙏
Look, can you stop tagging me. This is getting beyond a joke now.
You automatically get tagged when someone quotes you (or quotes a quote that your handle is involved in). No one is doing it on purpose.
Excuse me? Did anyone ridicule you for your opinion that you think it’s a good deal?
I’m disappointed that Affinity didn’t offer early supporters any additional discount. I’m angry that they won’t even support all their apps I’ve already purchased.
I’m not going to give them any more money any time soon, if at all. That’s my choice and my opinion.
Or, are you just trolling? If so, I can’t be bothered with this.
Take care.
Mr Skip - can agree in one important thing (about the release of version 2 of Affinity Suite), and the strange decision to abruptly stop supporting the version 1.x apps, especially when they just have had only one update (march -22) since last fall…
Confirmation of the Universal License deal closing in a few weeks time:
"The 40% off Software Sale will be available until the 14th December 2022. When the sale ends it will go to full price."
There is no extension of the discount deal for existing customers.
That's me out. I'll run the V1 software until it stops working (assuming they don't switch the desktop versions off completely), and then see what else is available then.
I’m leaning this way myself.
Who knows, we might pick up a cheap deal for V4!
How often do you upgrade your machines? I had my old MacBook Pro dualbooting a ~60gb partition with Mavericks so that I could keep using old software. Once Apple stopped providing security patches, I left Mavericks in airplane mode permanently but still had my main partition running Catalina.
It’s kind of a hassle to set up, but you only need to do it once and then theoretically you can use v1 forever. Or until you sell the machine. I don’t believe v1 has any online requirements so Serif won’t be able to switch the apps off.
The desktop software does an online license check….I think….but I keep most of my computers and devices up to date with security patches. I don’t use the iPad versions (ironically I only bought them to support the company…lesson learned there…) so they’ll be no loss when they go. Publisher and Designer get almost no use at all now as well.
I’ll use the V1 products until they break, and then weigh-up the cost of Photoshop vs desktop-only Photo V-whatever, or see what else is around by then.
One thing’s for sure, they won’t be getting any more recommendations from me.
Vectornator is great and free until it is not. They have great investors and are building up to a paid tier eventually.
Very, very good point.
I believe this is definitely a Serif thing.
I’m guessing they pay a different developer or group of developers for each platform perhaps?
Mr Skip, it seems to be an misunderstanding all over the internet that Serif Labs will totally abandon version 1.x on Affinity Suite, BUT, it ain’t true!
Look here what Serif Labs writing on their official Instagram account:
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“ So... V2 of the Affinity apps is now out in the wild! It's been a long development process, and I'm very proud of my product experts team members for producing a huge number of video tutorials for launch, as well as a series of "new feature" videos that were shot just before release.
The goal was to start afresh, with video tutorial content that reflected the new user interface, but also raised the bar in both technical and presentational quality, giving users a consistent and professional experience. I think we managed to achieve that, and hope viewers agree!
The tutorial content is all live on YouTube (look for the official Affinity, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher channels), or alternatively can be accessed through the Affinity website's Learn pages.
The best part is that it's only the beginning: more tutorial content will be coming soon. We now have a strong team and can be reactive to what users really need, as well as cover new features that will make their way into V2 updates.
Exciting times, and it's really only just beginning!
For anyone who is critical of Serif charging users to upgrade to V2, please bear in mind that we have been providing free updates for Designer and Photo for over six years, and free updates for Publisher for over three years.
Taking advantage of the 40% offer for the universal license (which is, frankly, a bargain)—that gets you all three apps across all three platforms—sets you up for the rest of V2's updates in the future: no additional upgrade costs until V3.
For those who prefer to stick with V1 for now, just remember that it will receive critical updates (e.g. if new OS updates break compatibility), so you are not forced to purchase V2 if it doesn't add value to your personal workflows.
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Awesome 🤩
They could have been clearer about this from the beginning; their FAQ page still states that
It was though, see @Grandbear’s comment below. No ‘misunderstanding’.
If it wasn’t for people like me and Skip voicing a different opinion, then it probably wouldn’t have happened.
Still hasn’t, according to their FAQ’s: “ Please bear in mind that V1 will no longer receive any updates.”
I went for the big update package deal a week or so ago, haven’t really had time to use it so far but I will soon
It’s only got a short while to go if you want to take advantage of the offer
I could not at all get the upgrade to work on the web, it kept refusing my bank details for no reason, over and over, and I contacted them about this so they know – they suggested doing it through the App Store, which I didn’t want to initially (as Apple will take a big slice) but in the end that’s what I did (and then my login had to be updated, which nearly caused a prob if I hadn’t taken a manual copy of the password apple gave me automatically!)
Seems your experience just proved the value of Apple’s App Store. They have the infrastructure to support large numbers of transactions and the means of distribution to ensure those transactions result in software delivery. I’ve been unhappy with a few companies I’ve made many purchases from (IK Multimedia being the main one) for their decision to not offer their products through the desktop App Store.