/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1750107
>The clown is just a computer someone else owns.
The clown is OP, usually.

While in the general sense it's true that when the product is free, you are the product, when it comes to CAD software there is a recognition that big corporate is the only revenue stream worth pursuing. Not only does your pirate copy NOT represent a loss of a sale, it ads one more wage cuck to the world with "Product X" listed under the skills section of their CV. CAD is a business that thrived suckling from the biggest of corporate teats. You and I aren't even ants.
Meanwhile, for such a mature technology, the open source options sure suck. it's a truism that open source software wasn't created for you, it was created for the people who wrote it, but they give it to you for free because it costs nothing to do so. That's why Blender is good for nothing but weeb resin models.
Add to that the learning curve of these things is such that you might as well stick with what you know. So thieve away to your hearts content.