When I buy a house, washing machine, Car, Computer, Operating system, Digital Audio Work Station (Cubase/Reaper/etc), I don't have to pay each month to keep using it. I want to own what I buy, and not be at the mercy of the seller and their profit margins for the rest of my life. I would like perpetual/permanent licenses to be an option. Hopefully with further use, I'll find that Fusion 360 has a lot more value to it than I initially thought. Though, surely, this is just my ignorance of the program. I'm legitimately curious if Blender is actually better at it's job than Fusion 360 is. Fusion 360 looks basic and feature lacking in comparison to Civil 3D. I've been using the Civil 3D trial and just downloaded Fusion 360 after finding that out a few days ago.

People who are Self taught or mentor taught are still pretty screwed. That being said, with AutoDesk's 'educational ID system' stuff. They give you a free opportunity to use their program because it'd be stupid of them not to (New students Learning your Product = Future customers). If you are a student at a university, sure. Autodesk have very generous educational licenses

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