I never said Autodesk was junk. Read
Fusion 360 is āfreeā for startups ā¦
Fusion 360 for startups is eligible for venture-backed, angel-backed or bootstrap startups that are less than three years old and have 10 or fewer employees.
Businesses must generate less than $100,000 USD in gross annual revenue (including parent entities) and have a valid website or transact on a social media or digital platform.
Businesses must design or manufacture their own physical products and be willing to share their story with the Fusion 360 community.
Service providers, resellers, contract manufacturers and consultants doing work for other companies do not qualify for Fusion 360 for startups. Applicants can apply to extend their licence at the end of each 1 year term, as long as they continue to meet all qualifications.
Fusion 360 is free but massive reduced in the functions since october 2020
Oh so what is it, since comparisons are being made? Is Fusion 360 only Free for small startups (not most business use)?
For me itās quite clearā¦
It is not free to use commercially, unless you meet their startup criteria.
Which, if it is so great you could fall out of that criteria quickly. Is that limit gross or net? What does it cost beyond that limit?
It still surprises me people consider the SU subscription cost exorbitant. For a hobby, maybe? For a business, spending less than $30/ month on your main software is really inexpensive. Most spend more than that on their internet, office suppliesā¦coffee & bagels!
Un huh.
Right on, that is the secret to their success. I think your point is although Adobe is State of Art product there is an alternative to a would be monopoly of Graphics Software. Corel is another. Autodesk as is Adobe, an 800lb Gorilla in the room so to speak, of companies who cater to the high end professional Studios.This aligned with the subscription costs for each are overwhelming to those of us who were suddenly without clients for a year!!
Autodesk catering to high end studios is kind of an oxymoron though, isnāt it? For the price they charge, they should be, but they donāt.
I dont really follow that logic either. I mean, I wouldnāt go into BMW and ask for a 50% reduction in price because Iām only driving locallyā¦ That might be a bad analogy, because software is digital, but I cant see how that would work, unless you pay for the usage by the hour or something?.
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I donāt share your view because the analogy is inappropriate.
Hardware has different characteristics than software.
Also, from Trimbleās internal economic perspective, I think the decision to not offer differentiation is unwise.
They could have far more paying customers from the segment of hobby users who draw only a few projects per year.
Iām not an economist who can pull evidence out of his sleeve for this reasoning right now.
Hobby users like me can use SketchUp Make 2017 and/or SketchUp Free (web) for free.
How would a different pricing model turn them into paying users?
Unless you mean that there will no longer be free options for themā¦
I would be sad to see that happen because a lot of hobby users wouldnāt be able to pay the reduced price anyway.
And how would you police this?
you canāt which would cannibalize Pro sales and is therefore not availableā¦ the olā āSharewareā effect trusting people that they will buy something if using commecially or at least constantly, which has killed a lot of shareware over time or led to crippled down versions.
āWhen can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks?ā A. Ginsberg
Well for that matter, thereās no way to police the free versions (or more accurately Make 2017) either to keep people from making money off it.
sure but Make is functionally limited and doesnāt support recent/future operating systems.
Itās still running on Windows 10 over here!
under macOS it may already look different.
ārunningā and officially supported are two different beasts, thats what system requirements are for. Nobody ensures a compatibility with recent operating systems or will fix issues which do occur yet or in the future.