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> Why are users expected to pay for manuals?

...why shouldn't they? They take extra time/money to create, and not all users will necessarily need them. If a third party wrote a book on Affinity and charged for it, we wouldn't bat an eye. Shouldn't the developer get the same privilege?

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Manuals and books are different things.

Nobody should be expected to pay for a manual; that's part of the product. An advanced book? Sure.

Look at Resolve: It has an EXTENSIVE (and pretty decent) manual, which costs nothing... and for most users, neither does the product.

As GP mentioned, Serif offers free online tutorials. It's just that they also sell additional "workbooks".

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