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A strange and unsolicited notification has been popping up on Shoeshine’s social media accounts in recent weeks, highly critical of Australian graphic design startup Canva. “I don’t mean to alarm you, but I haven’t opened Canva in weeks,” it says.
It goes on to promote an AI app which
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