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Not really. There has always been shareware, aka trial demos.
by geraldwhen 3y ago
Not really. There has always been shareware, aka trial demos.
- esafak 3y agoThose were only utilities and games, not enterprise software.
- kelnos 3y agoFair, but I don't think this negates the overall point, that people actually paid for software, and it was usually a one-time fee (often with the choice to pay again later for upgrades, or continue to use the old version forever). The "try before you buy" and expiring nature of shareware was nearly always known at the time of download, before investing time in using the software.