Canva free tier silently degrades export quality
Canva reduced download resolution for free users with no option to adjust quality. Users discover this limitation only at export time. This is a freemium paywall tactic, not an unsolved market problem.
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Canva AI Image Generation Broken and Video Export Fails for Paid Subscribers
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