Users Frustrated by Aggressive Subscription Upsells and Hidden Free Features in Canva
A user describes Canva as making basic functionality difficult to access without subscribing and providing payment details, calling the free tier deliberately limited. This reflects broader frustration among design-tool users with paywall dark patterns that obscure which features are actually free.
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