As a 13 year old kid I had no money to pay for photoshop or over programs. I would not be where I am today without the limitless amounts of knowledge and resources the internet provides.
Today, 16, I still don't have limitless amounts funds to buy every programs I use, but I try to buy most of my programs. I refrain from abusing pirated versions of a program. If I find myself using some app a lot, I will hunt for sales and student discounts and make it my goal to pay for it.
I think that student discounts and free trails are a major key to ending piracy. Students don't have the funds to just shrug off the app they bought as "not meeting expectations" so the resort to piracy before buying and end up never paying for the real product because of it's daunting cost.
As a 13 year old kid I had no money to pay for photoshop or over programs. I would not be where I am today without the limitless amounts of knowledge and resources the internet provides.
Today, 16, I still don't have limitless amounts funds to buy every programs I use, but I try to buy most of my programs. I refrain from abusing pirated versions of a program. If I find myself using some app a lot, I will hunt for sales and student discounts and make it my goal to pay for it.
I think that student discounts and free trails are a major key to ending piracy. Students don't have the funds to just shrug off the app they bought as "not meeting expectations" so the resort to piracy before buying and end up never paying for the real product because of it's daunting cost.