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by omnimus 1483 days ago
Adobe - every student still pirates it and since Adobe tuned the price to be terrible (its yearly contract only and only buying whole collection makes sense) now people are moving away hard - or pirate it.
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Sorry, meant "now those who did (mostly?) mostly pay for it if they use it in a professional capacity". Adobe pricing is absolutely horrendous.

Same as Microsoft, trying to buy an outright copy of Office was an absolute mission and confusing UX once we managed to actually get a physical copy I can see why people get so confused and pay Microsoft money for things they don't need. (It was a grant that was only for outright purchases such as a laptop, printer, harddrive, Office license, not for ongoing licenses).