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My college sent warning email regarding pirated software use by students. (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 94 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Not only shitty, it's dumb. Even Adobe knows to give students hefty discounts. It's how they get new users on the hook.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Ehh even when I was in school I used foss like blender and gimp. I've never had an actual copy of 3dsmax, Maya or photosoup. Been plenty productive with that my entire life.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure, but that's far from a universal experience.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, that's really unfortunate. I think the market would be way more dynamic innovative, and secure if such large packages would be foss. Larger companies can have their own full or part time specialists, and smaller ones can put out bounties etc

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