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> Most personal users will just move to other free or cheaper software. I keep hearing people—who haven't paid for software and encourage others to not pay—com

• smilekzs 6y ago
  Short answer: Their software will lose mind share, and therefore market share in the long run.
• supportlocal4h 6y ago
  Remember when Bill Gates started his new life as a philanthropist by donating tons of money to schools? Only it wasn't really money. It was lots of Windows licenses or Office licences that were worth a lot of money. So it arguably didn't cost Gates anything, but just grew future earnings. He kept all these students from gaining familiarity with the competition, encouraging them and their employers to buy licenses later for the product they had learned as a child. There's the downside.