For me personally, price is a major factor, but only for the big time spenders. Toolbag, Quixel Suite, and a couple of others I've made sure to buy. However, as I'm in a gray area between school and developing my portfolio to get a job, the big time software packages from Autodesk and Adobe are way too far out of my price…
While I can't afford all the software I want/need, I tend to not pirate much anymore since I respect how much effort and knowledge is needed to make any of the software I like. The only real time I'll pirate software now is if it is expensive and the trial isn't long enough for me to actually learn how to use the software…
Only pirate games if I already bought a legit copy and lost the cd or key code. Always pay for software <£100 (quixel, marmoset, toppgun,World Machine, etc..) But I simply cannot afford to buy the industry standard giants and eat in the same month. Even if they bring out 'student versions',they're usually still out of an…
I am gonna mention a reason that (understandably) isn't in the poll regarding game piracy: When I bought Call of Duty: World at War, back when it came out, I didn't know that it was censored in the country I was living in, so I downloaded a pirated non-censored version of it. Did that a couple of times in the past…
I'm curious to know the main reasons why people pirate software(or games), I feel like more information will help developers create software that users actually want to buy/support. This poll is not meant to shame anyone, or to argue the ethics/morals of piracy, but simply be a source of information. We have a lot of…
Never pirate any games ever, let's encourage our fellows developper. I've been consistently buying every single one of the softwares I use for the past few years. The sad part of it is really softwares like 3ds max-maya wich are so pricey, even has a professional or a full time freelancer. I really try to encourage smaller…
I've pirated software before, but it was a long time ago before I knew what Open Source software was. Now I either can afford software or I know a good open source alternative that gets the job done. I just feel better all around knowing that I'm doing thing legitimately and so far it's helped me find lots of software I…
Software: I used to pirate software because of the price. But now with subscriptions and tons of low cost alternatives that work in a professional environment, I do not have to anymore. Over the years I got lucky a few times when I got a contract job and they bought software for me, or a free lic for review. Having money…
For me, and I know a lot of friends who feel this way, the industry standard software is priced at an industry standard level. And when it comes to being able to keep up your skills outside of work, it's very difficult when faced with those industry standard prices. 3K for a copy of Max? Other software, such as the Quixel…
For software: When it's overpriced, I have a really hard time justifying a software purchase when it costs more than my whole computer. Glad some software is going towards being more of a service rather than a one time purchase to help people afford it. But I hope it helps them make consistent and good updates, and not the…