I don't know about you guys - in my past I would quite happily download cracked software and use it.
Over the last 15 years - all this has changed.
I now pay for everything I use. Which of course is the right thing to do.
I was waiting to go on stage saturday in front of 2,000 people at a festival and my MAC I use to run the band suddenly decides to 'phone home' to adobe to check that my licenses are valid for audition...... I was literally able to connect the mac via my phone and with 5 seconds of the introduction - it was able to run. Phew......
Really winds me up that I can not just BUY the software outright now for many packages I use, instead of having to 'rent it monthly'.
This has only really happened since the last but one Mac OSX update. I had fully paid up versions that no longer run on the latest OS.
Over the last 15 years - all this has changed.
I now pay for everything I use. Which of course is the right thing to do.
I was waiting to go on stage saturday in front of 2,000 people at a festival and my MAC I use to run the band suddenly decides to 'phone home' to adobe to check that my licenses are valid for audition...... I was literally able to connect the mac via my phone and with 5 seconds of the introduction - it was able to run. Phew......
Really winds me up that I can not just BUY the software outright now for many packages I use, instead of having to 'rent it monthly'.
This has only really happened since the last but one Mac OSX update. I had fully paid up versions that no longer run on the latest OS.