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Originally Posted by Minte
There is a simple solution. As a longtime Autodesk customer who has shelled out many thousands of dollars starting with R10 up to the current Inventor I am disappointed that their products are all available for free on these sites.
I will drop them a letter and let them know that.
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They should be glad to have you as a loyal customer. I think anyone would. I see your point. Why should you pay for something which others are getting for free?
My answer to that is that you are probably profiting greatly from it. I'm not positive what your business is and how big of a role CAD software plays, but you are probably paying a fair price for the profits which you are generating from the help of their software. If you weren't, I doubt you'd keep using it.
I just don't see a reason to be upset about people not paying for something they don't use. Would you be upset if you just bought a Gallardo and then the next day, Gallardos were given to all the blind people in the US (assuming they didn't resell them or let their friends drive em ;) )? It's a totally ridiculous example, but it illustrates the point.