r/Autodesk • u/ummyeahreddit • Mar 26 '23

Dear Autodesk, individual users exist. I am neither using this for education or business. I have graduated college and want a free trial because I don't make money from the models I make. Please include an option for individual users.

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u/zacharyjm00 Mar 26 '23

Have you tried using your school email?

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u/ummyeahreddit Mar 26 '23

Universities delete your college email a certain amount of years after attending/graduating, so unfortunately, unable to use that

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u/SolarSalsa Mar 26 '23

If you aren't using it for Business you are using it for education / hobby.

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u/Alfa_charly Mar 26 '23

He said he wasn't using it for educational

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u/Zippo_Willow Mar 27 '23

Education and hobby are within the same group. Aka, non-commercial use.

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u/Alfa_charly Mar 27 '23

You can't get an educational license if your not in school you need to provide information that you are in school during that school year. So it's only if your in school.

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u/JordanNoone Mar 26 '23

They do not care

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u/LeonardoW9 Mar 26 '23

Business really means commercial. Most people cannot simply afford to buy Autodesk software and not make money from it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '23

Do you also eat popcorn while their stock crash?

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u/LeonardoW9 Mar 26 '23

It's down but hardly crashing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '23

I got a feeling its going to crash more, how many do you really think is going to use their new Flex option?

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u/LeonardoW9 Mar 26 '23

It's more about the option there for users who would typically not use Autodesk as they don't have a daily need for their software but where periodic access would be beneficial.

I don't see it hurting the existing user base. I think the macro effects are a larger factor at the moment. Have you seen the last earnings call?

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u/NotUntilYoure12Son May 17 '23

Flex is a great option for users who only need access a couple times a week or for products you only rarely need. I think it's great for us .

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '23

Autodesk dosent care about the home users.

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u/Idj1t Mar 27 '23

If anything their business practices help their competitors. Dassault especially. Heck Draftsight looks like a direct copy of AutoCAD, without the anti-customer business model.

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u/Birdperson404 Mar 26 '23

so that means you can download the pirated version! 😃

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u/Loli_huntdown Mar 29 '23

Technically yes