I read through the answers in the link above. I am a maker and a part of a large maker community. In my case I transitioned from Sketchup to learn Fusion 360, this is not a simple or easy transition, if not for the current capability of Fusion 360 I would have never bothered. There a many of us and the discussion now is centered around life after Fusion 360 due to the new restrictions to the personal license. All of us are still learning, we have day jobs and dabble in 3d printing and CNC routing in fits and starts as life allows and support each other in communities. In my case I imagined one day when I retire from professional life being able to justify a small business using what I am learning and relying on a paid version of Fusion 360 to facilitate that. If we abandon and invest the time to learn another software, process, and system, I doubt we will be back, and the loss of precious time invested will remain a sore spot. I am not ungrateful for the willingness of Autodesk to offer the personal license, and my post here is probably insignificant. However, rather than just being bitter I wanted to share some of the sentiment those of us in the maker communities are thinking and feeling. After all communication is key.
Best regards.
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