I'm not posting here to compare Xara Designer Pro against Affinity Designer, when it comes to drawing.
I think there are many who are much more qualified, than I am.
And to be honest, I've not used AD that much. Why? Well, I find Xara easy to use.
No doubt, if I spend the same number of years on AD, I may also get proficient on AD.


What I do want to say is that Xara/MAGIX seem hell bent on pissing me off, whilst Affinity continue to provide good service.


This is the message I have to get past EVERY time I start XDP17.

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And Xara/MAGIX Support has said: "The notification about your update service expired is unfortunately something that is not possible to get rid of, there is no way how to stop it from popping up."


Whilst Affinity continue to provide updates, even though I bought AD many, many years ago.

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And this was the second update from Affinity in about 5 months.
For a product that's a fraction of the price of XDP.

I just don't understand what Xara/MAGIX hope to gain by this permanent message?!
If it's more business, then it's unlikely to be from me.