Call me cynical, but when Canva said it had some news about Affinity, my heart dropped. For a decade, the three Affinity apps have been the best non-subscription alternatives to Adobe software that we've seen. There was Photoshop alternative Affinity Photo, Illustrator alt Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher for desktop publishing.
The creative software company Canva bought Affinity's owner Serif last year, and at the start of the month, Affinity's website went dark. That led to a lot of speculation. Was Affinity V3 coming, or was Canva planning to introduce a subscription plan like Adobe? Even worse, had it decided to pull the plug completely? The last thing we expected was that Affinity would be relaunched as a completely free app.
