Canva Makes Entire Affinity Professional Design Suite Permanently Free — 220M Users, AI Features Gate the Premium Tier

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Canva released the all-new Affinity as a completely free professional design platform combining photo editing, vector design, and page layout in one app for Mac and Windows (iPad coming). The strategic play: core tools are free to maximize adoption, AI features (Generative Fill, Expand & Edit via Canva AI Studio) require a premium Canva subscription. With 220M users globally, this is a direct assault on Adobe's $60/month Creative Cloud. For builders, professional-grade design tools are now free — the moat shifts entirely to AI capabilities.