AFFINITY'S FREE GAMBIT COULD SHATTER ADOBE (BUT IF IT DOESN'T, THAT TELLS US A LOT)

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Affinity has made its professional creative suite—photo editing, vector design, and page layout—completely free, offering a strong alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud. However, because it lacks Adobe's AI-powered tools, the industry's response will reveal whether creatives can work without AI or have become dependent on it, highlighting a divide between valuing traditional craft versus AI-assisted convenience.