1.) I'm not sure why you appear to be taking an aggressive tone :) 2.) I've posted several comments on here including one showing that the cost can be up to $2

1.) I'm not sure why you appear to be taking an aggressive tone :) 2.) I've posted several comments on here including one showing that the cost can be up to $20k, so I'm well aware of that fact, but it is irrelevant to the above comment as the $20k is for working professionals and not poor engineering students where the cost is indeed ~$20 as I've paid it. Note that $20k is insane by some standards, but engineering software frequently gets much much higher than that. Yearly licenses in the 0.5 million range are common in my industry, so $20k is not considered unreasonable based on cost alone. It is unreasonable to me when they have free alternatives. 3.) I have said multiple times on here that I prefer Python and Julia as they are deeper and don't cost an arm and a leg. However, my above point still stands that Matlab isn't a bad solution for a student. There is some lock-in of course, but it isn't too bad to migrate away after you graduate and can no longer get the student rate.