I really want to purchase Sketchup for my personal use. I firmly believe in supporting developers for the work they do.
$700 is simply too steep for me to justify. I know you do discounts every so often. Is there any chance I might get a better price than full retail?
I don’t want to register for a class just to claim an academic license. That feels duplicitous. I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place with your pricing. I simply can’t afford it, considering I can use make for free. I really wish there was a prosumer / pro-personal pricing path for those of us that really want to support you, but aren’t making any money off the work they do with the product.
I want to demonstrate my appreciation to the developers for facilitating my foray into designing 3d models and printing them. I’m having a lot of fun playing with models and making things. I don’t foresee myself selling anything that I make; but nevertheless, developers gotta eat too. I can continue using Make, however from my (admittedly limited) understanding, there are plugins which are pro-only which would make my experience a bit easier.
Regardless, I’d really rather just buy the software… However it’s just too expensive for my budget.