Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause: Difference between revisions

[[Canva]], the company that acquired Serif (parent company of Affinity and its respective graphic editing software) has removed the ability for users to purchase older versions of the Affinity applications; the new software, Affinity Studio, requires users to create or sign into a Canva account (see [[Forced account]]), thereby requiring the user's agreement to an arbitration clause among other agreements not present in the retired Serif versions of Affinity applications, Photo, Designer, and Publisher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thacker |first=Tim |date=2025-10-12 |title=Why has Serif stopped selling its Affinity software? |url=https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/10/why-has-serif-stopped-selling-its-affinity-software/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260111021039/https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/10/why-has-serif-stopped-selling-its-affinity-software/ |archive-date=11 Jan 2026|access-date=2025-11-02 |website=cgchannel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Oct 2025 |title=Terms of Use |url=https://www.canva.com/policies/terms-of-use/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222212658/https://www.canva.com/policies/terms-of-use/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=2025-11-02 |website=Canva}}</ref>