I don't know about you but I hardly consider myself a "hobby user". This used to be my livelyhood until they priced me out of the market.

I just use the activation code printed on the cd box my 2014 version of LT came in and have done so a few times over the years when upgrading the PC. 

 

In early 2023 Autodesk sent me a link to download a version of the 2014 installer when the CD version wouldn't load properly, very fair & good of them I thought.

 

The 2014 version may still work for me on personal projects but it doesn't work for electrical, engineering and architectural firms who use the updated version. 2014 is too old and outdated to translate into 2023 or 2024 versions. Thanks for your post.

Renting is always more costly.  I figured out the hours and tokens I would have to buy for their pay-as-you-go option and guess what?  Its MORE money.  When I have a project on the boards I put in a ton of hours.  So the pay as you go option is for kids in school.  Oh wait- they get it for FREE>    SUCKS.    Businesses used to have integrity and an interest in keeping their customers happy.  This seems to be the new model for business today- forced compliance and control, with your private work under the thumb of bog brother.  Pretty oppressive in my humble opinion...  Seems you would rather advocate for big brother than for the working man.  I see....

This is a way to kill a brand.  Greedy Baster's

Check out Nano CAD

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@rmellott wrote:

This is a way to kill a brand.  Greedy Baster's

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