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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 859065"><p>Very good post!</p><p></p><p>Like you I fully understand that not everyone around the world is in a position to shell out 40+ USD a year for a program, but there are options/sales out there if you take the time to look. $10.00USD is pretty cheap, it's pretty much free at that point, but like you said one's priorities in life will differ. They complain about paying let's say $30.00 USD a year for a program, but have no issues going out to buy a $60-$70.00 game every couple of months, daily coffees from cafes, beer, going out to restaurants on a weekly basis, etc.... no issues spending the money there, but complain when they have to spend money on software.</p><p></p><p>I think a large part of the problem started when the internet came to the masses and Napster first came out, the whole idea of "wait, I can get this stuff for free!" started and has continued ever since. I've heard of a lot of people (I am sure it is the same everywhere around the world) where they are in a very good position financially to buy all of these things (music, movies and even software), however they still want the free pirated version. So sadly it's not always people who are not in a great position financially that do this.</p><p></p><p>Like [USER=82865]@Umbra[/USER] has said, it's there software, they can do what they want. At the end of they day, as good as the software/company may be, they still need to survive. They need to make money to pay they employees so they too can have a living. I don't know what it is, but a lot of people seem to forget this. Would the OP, or anyone else, like to work for free and make no money? I don't think any of you would, so why is it ok then that you expect them to give away their stuff and not make money, if you won't do it? Furthermore, things like wage increases, development/infrastructure costs all have a factor and just like your electricity bill their, costs go up too, so naturally the company has to charge a little more to make up for the increased cost.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think your missing the point of what [USER=82865]@Umbra[/USER] was trying to say. He never said there aren't "free versions", what he was trying to say was that even though the company didn't charge you for it, you are still paying for it via other ways. Companies like Avast are a great example, they offer a free version, but they get you by harvesting your personal data, having ad's etc... So while you didn't actually pay for it, you are still paying for it another way indirectly. As we both said, these companies still need to make money, people aren't just going to work for free, so they need to find ways to make money, ad's and harvesting your data is one way. Kaspersky has come out with some free versions themselves, but personally I don't think it was out of the kindness of their heart. Not hating on the company, but even with those free versions, you are still contributing their analysis by contiguously providing their networks with data to help improve the protection of their paid offerings.</p><p></p><p>If you really way free and don't what to pay for anything and are on W10, just use WD and what's built in. It's more then enough and you don't have to pay for it and it will always be updated and continue to work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 859065"] Very good post! Like you I fully understand that not everyone around the world is in a position to shell out 40+ USD a year for a program, but there are options/sales out there if you take the time to look. $10.00USD is pretty cheap, it's pretty much free at that point, but like you said one's priorities in life will differ. They complain about paying let's say $30.00 USD a year for a program, but have no issues going out to buy a $60-$70.00 game every couple of months, daily coffees from cafes, beer, going out to restaurants on a weekly basis, etc.... no issues spending the money there, but complain when they have to spend money on software. I think a large part of the problem started when the internet came to the masses and Napster first came out, the whole idea of "wait, I can get this stuff for free!" started and has continued ever since. I've heard of a lot of people (I am sure it is the same everywhere around the world) where they are in a very good position financially to buy all of these things (music, movies and even software), however they still want the free pirated version. So sadly it's not always people who are not in a great position financially that do this. Like [USER=82865]@Umbra[/USER] has said, it's there software, they can do what they want. At the end of they day, as good as the software/company may be, they still need to survive. They need to make money to pay they employees so they too can have a living. I don't know what it is, but a lot of people seem to forget this. Would the OP, or anyone else, like to work for free and make no money? I don't think any of you would, so why is it ok then that you expect them to give away their stuff and not make money, if you won't do it? Furthermore, things like wage increases, development/infrastructure costs all have a factor and just like your electricity bill their, costs go up too, so naturally the company has to charge a little more to make up for the increased cost. I think your missing the point of what [USER=82865]@Umbra[/USER] was trying to say. He never said there aren't "free versions", what he was trying to say was that even though the company didn't charge you for it, you are still paying for it via other ways. Companies like Avast are a great example, they offer a free version, but they get you by harvesting your personal data, having ad's etc... So while you didn't actually pay for it, you are still paying for it another way indirectly. As we both said, these companies still need to make money, people aren't just going to work for free, so they need to find ways to make money, ad's and harvesting your data is one way. Kaspersky has come out with some free versions themselves, but personally I don't think it was out of the kindness of their heart. Not hating on the company, but even with those free versions, you are still contributing their analysis by contiguously providing their networks with data to help improve the protection of their paid offerings. If you really way free and don't what to pay for anything and are on W10, just use WD and what's built in. It's more then enough and you don't have to pay for it and it will always be updated and continue to work. [/QUOTE]
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