I don’t know what is the specifics as to why, but when I see a poster or something, I can instinctively feel if it is made with Canvas. I don’t know if it is the font, colours, how generic the templates are, or if it is the stock images, but I instantly feel a repulsion towards said graphic design. It doesn’t matter what style or vibe it’s going for, but I instantly hate it.
TBF, there was a time when Photoshop was a collegiate course around the world. Now? All but the most niche aspects are automated, and any human user of software offering personal agency in its UX is part of the actual product: mapping humanity’s stats.
Canva has a “style” as much as the Marketing Dept has a soul among them. This is the result of countless hours of testing and refinement: not a masterpiece, but it sells like a MFer. Just wait until “AI” gets a real piece of the action.