Doesn't it seem suspect that a product with such massive investment is made available for little or no cost? Either it's garbage (you don't get AutoCAD for free

Doesn't it seem suspect that a product with such massive investment is made available for little or no cost? Either it's garbage (you don't get AutoCAD for free: you get meme generators), and investors are getting soaked; or it's digital gold, and consumers are being lured in for unobvious exploitation.