Canva UI Complexity Grew While Price Increased, Alienating Core Users
Long-term Canva users report the interface has become harder to navigate while subscription costs rose, making basic tasks like finding uploaded assets more difficult than before. Reflects a common pattern of SaaS products losing simplicity as they scale features.
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