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by kowlo 1320 days ago
Spent £116 through the App Store on version 1 of this software not long ago and now I can't upgrade, but instead, have to buy it all again at a "discount". Downloading my versions means looking through the purchase history too.

Not happy with that - would advise against it.
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mrtksn 1320 days ago
Similar situation(bought Designer V1 about a year ago, directly from them) but I'm not angry. It makes complete sense from their perspective and makes sense for me too.

I completely agree that continued work needs to be payed and I don't expect to buy a software once and receive updates for it forever. If I was using it in a professional capacity all the time, I would have preferred a cheaper monthly subscription but because I'm using it mostly now and then, pay for the V1 and use it forever and pay again if I would like the newer version works very well for me.

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dangoor 1320 days ago
I suspect this move away from the App Store is probably because the App Store _still_ doesn't have a reasonable way to do upgrade pricing. Affinity v3 (whenever that comes out) would be able to offer specific upgrade pricing because they've left the App Store.

Edit to add link from another comment: https://twitter.com/affinitybyserif/status/15903262690314649...

Serif actually said that this is specifically what happened

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lidavidm 1320 days ago
Hmm, I bought it about…a couple weeks ago? And they sent me an email with two discount codes: a free copy of Affinity Photo 2, and a heavy discount on the all-apps-all-platforms license.
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bj-rn 1320 days ago
Bought it exactly one month ago (all apps). No discount. Feel kind of bummed.
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xPaw 1320 days ago
I purchased it directly from their site, and there is no upgrade option either.
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Tao3300 1320 days ago
Depending on what "not long ago" means, that's pretty unfortunate timing. You should reach out to them. They've been pushing updates and features for V1 for a long time and have an established track record for being a company that isn't nickel-and-diming people. The line does have to be drawn somewhere though. Long term users have known this was coming, but I can see how the short/mid term user might feel pinched.
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jug 1320 days ago
Contact them first and explain your situation to be sure.
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