Canva Mobile App Lags Persistently Despite Adequate Device Storage
Canva's mobile app exhibits consistent performance lag even after users free up storage space, indicating the root cause is unrelated to device capacity. The lag makes the design experience frustrating and undermines a product positioned on ease of use. Users have no actionable path to resolve the issue short of uninstalling the app.
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