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Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]

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Post by gymbeaux » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 10:56 PM UTC

vachina wrote: post #147

gymbeaux wrote: post #75

I’ve always pirated AutoCAD and will continue to do so. I use it occasionally and just for hobby stuff, nothing commercial. So why would I pay out the ass for that? Same story with Photoshop. Ohhhh it might contain malware… I don’t really give a damn because to me it’s the only option, paying $10, $20, $50/month for software I hardly use but still kind of need is not an option. Run pirated software in a containerized…

I think it’s part of their plan to allow pirated versions of their software be distributed precisely because now you are semi proficient in the software, further solidifying their relevance.

I suppose so, but unlike Photoshop is there really a competitor/open source alternative?

Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]

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Post by immibis » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 6:56 AM UTC

Toutouxc wrote: post #142

immibis wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Not that I disagree with you entirely, but please, Russia is killing and disfiguring men, women and children with rocket artillery, kidnapping kids, tearing families and human lives to pieces. The impact on Ukraine, now AND in the long run, is an will be enormous and absolutely incomparable to corporations screwing people up with subscriptions.

but is comparable to the totality of what corporations to do people. Like I said, frog in a pot. Every step is small, but the sum of all the steps is big.

Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]

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Post by faverin » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 8:27 AM UTC

Everyone in the industry hates Autodesk. They do nothing good except serve software everyone relies on and do it reasonably well.

Licenses are very expensive but everyone pays because nothing else works as well. It's all a bit Windows.

There was a letter written in

https://aecmag.com/bim/letter-to-autodesk-aec-customers-dema... https://aecmag.com/bim/the-open-letter-two-years-on/ http://extranetevolution.com/2020/07/autodesk-criticism-exte...

They are loathsome people to work with who only care about licensing and then just abandon you to buggy tools. Still I look at the open source and other competitors and they win, at all things.

I am hoping they are declared a monopolist by the EU but I think the Building Information Management software tide will drown them. It's complicated though.

https://boikoartem.medium.com/lobbyist-wars-and-bim-developm...

Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]

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Post by flaminHotSpeedo » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

notarget137 wrote: post #77

55555 wrote: post #71

What is the best (affordable!) CAD software for a hobbyist with no experience? I was recently looking into this and the leading software was like 6,000 USD a year per seat.

Solidworks is good but not affordable.

They have a "maker license" that's less un-affordable (iirc about $100 or $150 a year?), and they provide access either for free or even more discounted than the maker license for students & the like.

Though based on other comments it sounds like that may not be the case for long so ymmv

Re: Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]

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Post by IIsi50MHz » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 10:48 PM UTC

immibis wrote: post #133

ffgjgf1 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn’t circumventing/“cracking” DRM a crime in it’s own right in the US?

Yes, it is. Thanks to Hollywood it's illegal to circumvent a technological protection measure even if the technological protection measure is preventing you from getting what you paid for.

Not necessasily. Some exemptions exist in the DMCA, and the Librarian of Congress has the power to grant further exemptions. LoC exemptions expire after three years unless the LoC renews them. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/28/2021-23...