Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
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Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#2For Australians, if you are affected, this is the kind of issue that should be raised with ACCC at https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/report-a-consume....
It falls under the Australian Consumer Protection under misleading or deceptive conduct.[0] A lifetime licence marketed as such cannot be withdrawn let alone with EULA/TOS presented after the purchase.[1] Probably could also get your money back from the retailer/autodesk too if you cannot use the software with your lifetime licence.
[0] https://consumer.gov.au/sites/consumer/files/2016/05/0553FT_...
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#3For Australians, if you are affected, this is the kind of issue that should be raised with ACCC at https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/report-a-consume... . It falls under the Australian Consumer Protection under misleading or deceptive conduct.[0] A lifetime licence marketed as such cannot be withdrawn let alone with EULA/TOS presented after the purchase.[1] Probably could also get your money back from the r…
Are businesses able to claim under Consumer Protection in Australia? In the Netherlands a whole lot of consumer protections do not apply when buying as a company
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#4For Australians, if you are affected, this is the kind of issue that should be raised with ACCC at https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/report-a-consume... . It falls under the Australian Consumer Protection under misleading or deceptive conduct.[0] A lifetime licence marketed as such cannot be withdrawn let alone with EULA/TOS presented after the purchase.[1] Probably could also get your money back from the r…
Are businesses able to claim under Consumer Protection in Australia? In the Netherlands a whole lot of consumer protections do not apply when buying as a company
Yes. Businesses are covered under Australia’s Consumer Protection if the value of the goods or services under consideration is less than A$100,000.
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#5For Australians, if you are affected, this is the kind of issue that should be raised with ACCC at https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/report-a-consume... . It falls under the Australian Consumer Protection under misleading or deceptive conduct.[0] A lifetime licence marketed as such cannot be withdrawn let alone with EULA/TOS presented after the purchase.[1] Probably could also get your money back from the r…
Are businesses able to claim under Consumer Protection in Australia? In the Netherlands a whole lot of consumer protections do not apply when buying as a company
Some of the protections do apply to business purchases such as section 18 of the ACL which relates to misleading and deceptive conduct and section 29 regarding false or misleading representations. Businesses, will, in some scenarios (they need to meet the definition of consumer under the Act) also have access to consumer guarantees found under s51-59 which provide some of the stronger remedy options including full refunds.
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#6Time to invest the comparable amount of money in FOSS alternatives? FreeCAD, LibreCAD, BRL-CAD, and so on.
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#7I believe you can run a cracked version legally in the US provided it gives you the same functionality as what you had licensed, you aren't so much "circumventing a technological measure" but instead making it work correctly per the terms of your license.
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#8Time to invest the comparable amount of money in FOSS alternatives? FreeCAD, LibreCAD, BRL-CAD, and so on.
It's a challenge.
Look at Linux vs Windows. Modern distros are a drop in replacement for Windows, minus the user hostility, yet people continue with Windows because change is hard, not to mention matching everyone else. So, even if OSS CAD became a drop in replacement for Autodesk, there's gotta be something extra to truly bite at Autodesk.
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#9Just a reminder that Autodesk is the oracle/adobe of the CAD world, and this is just the way they always operated.
Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]
#10Time to invest the comparable amount of money in FOSS alternatives? FreeCAD, LibreCAD, BRL-CAD, and so on.
FreeCAD is the closest, but unlike the Eagle vs Kicad comparison, it's miles behind Inventor and Solid works.
I just bought a lifetime license for Alibre CAD, it's for profit closed source but much more usable.
FreeCAD needs a benefactor like CERN for KiCAD to bring it up to speed.