I have read somewhere that this is also most likely why Adobe was more or less chill about the fact that their stuff was/is being heavily pirated, because stude

I have read somewhere that this is also most likely why Adobe was more or less chill about the fact that their stuff was/is being heavily pirated, because students could develop their skills with Adobes products and later on, the future employer of that student would have to buy a license. This probably changed with their “affordable” subscriptions.