• Elise@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    If the uni has a license what’s the issue lol

    Also kinda shitty of those companies to charge educational instutions

    • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 years ago

      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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        2 years ago

        I’ve been using Jetbrains products for free in college and I can say that it is the best advertisement. I bought it the day after my student license expired.

      • Elise@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        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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      2 years ago

      The uni doesnt care. The software vendor does and is threatening the uni for not being compliant.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 years ago

      Also kinda shitty of those companies to charge educational instutions

      It really is, but what can do? Capitalism exploits everything for profit.

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      2 years ago

      Some software uses license servers where each client is supposed to request a seat temporarily. If more people use it at once than seats were licenses they detect that with phone home features. We had that with Matlab I believe, if you tried using it in the most popular time you might not be able to.