one of my best decisions this year
and now the @Affinity suite is free
the design world is shifting
today is the day.. goodbye @Adobe
after almost 12 years of subscription and nearly $8k spent, i finally canceled it
the truth is, i now use just a few features from the creative suite, and paying almost $60/month for that doesn’t make sense anymore
my new stack (based on what i actually use):
photoshop
→ @affinity ($75 one time) + canva ($0)
illustrator
→ @figma draw (included in my figma subscription)
media encoder
→ shutter encoder ($0 / donation)
acrobat pro
→ macos preview ($0)
premiere
→ davinci resolve ($0)
after effects
→ davinci resolve fusion ($0)
adobe podcast enhance
→ @huggingface x resemble enhance ($0)
thanks for everything, adobe creative suite.. it’s been a wild ride
Oct 31, 2025 · 6:58 AM UTC

