This is a shameless cross-post from the Creo forum. (Frankly, I could remember their URL better, so I went there first.) But this thread is "what do we think?" and this is what I think.

OK. Version 3. Free instead of loss-leader cheap. AI slop behind a paywall.

Frankly, that was kind of my second guess. First guess was that they would just bin the thing altogether and move on with their IPO.

It looks like the existing AI features are still there. I found Select Subject and it was very effective at hard crashing my whole computer. (You might want to tread a little easy there. )

The unified interface is... well, it is. Does it mean anything in and of itself? Naw. It might mean that integration between the apps is a little better (Like maybe all of Photo's features work in Publisher. Or maybe not. We'll see.)

Of course, after the tone-deaf, juvenile, condescending socials hype campaign,  I'll regard this company with, let's say, considerable skepticism.

Will I continue with Affinity or, knowing what we now do, just go back to the known to be evil but professionally dependable Adobe? That will remain to be seen.

Cheers.