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Agreed. They bought the superior tool and killed it off. Fireworks is still lamented by many.

There’s a reason Adobe bought Figma. Wonder how long it takes before they kill that off.

Affinity might not have feature parity, but they do pro level tools at a price that should make any business consider jumping ship as belts tighten.

Affinity does 80% of what I need, though its interface for some things is very ...unique. But when I need that 80%... or even just the 1% of Illustrator that is "text on paths, done right", there I am, paying the rent to the feudal lords.

It was far more intuitive and the vector drawings copied over flawlessly to Flash. Illustrator drawings copy/pasted always had issues.

I sometimes pine for Aldus Photostyler and its clone tool.