#i've made like four different accounts for software i didn't wanna end up using!

[powerfulkicks]

the second they have you make an account for software it's to eventually deny you the right to that software.

if you just download software account free? you can run that software any time you like on your machine

if you need an account to access their software? now you need to log in to use it. now they know who is running their software and can log you out - because you have a unique account, each person who hasn't paid can be uniquely identified.

even if it's free software - what happens when they decide they want to make you pay for it now? what happens when they stop supporting it? what happens when the servers go down?

you don't own the software on your machine. you're just renting it, cuz eventually, you won't have access to it anymore. we're living in an age where everything is a subscription model, and it's becoming more and more apparent that this isn't sustainable. just another way capitalism has evolved to squeeze the most money out of us it can.