The Evolution of Affinity: How Canva’s Acquisition Defied the Skeptics and Empowered Professionals
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September 21, 2026
When Serif—a modest software firm based in Nottingham, England—first introduced Affinity Designer as a free public beta in 2014, the creative industry barely blinked. At the time, Adobe’s Creative Cloud had begun to entrench its monopolistic hold on the…
