Autodesk: Difference between revisions - Consumer_Action

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Autodesk primarily develops and maintains computer-aided design (CAD) software used globally across many engineering and design industries. Autodesk's vast array of proprietary software allows their programs to interoperate, allowing for cloud-based building information management (BIM) collaboration between owners, architects, engineers, and contractors.<ref><nowiki>https://www.autodesk.com/products/bim-collaborate/overview?plc=COLLRP&term=1-YEAR&tab=subscription</nowiki></ref>

Modern versions of Autodesk Products, such as Inventor or AutoCAD, have been known to operate via [[Digital rights management#Always-online DRM|always-online DRM]],<ref>https://www.autodesk.com/support/download-install/admins/network-deploy/install-licensing-software</ref> and have served to provide significant inconvenience for consumers if their internet goes out or their license verification servers are offline for maintenance. <!-- I personally remember taking a class that used Inventor, and the spotty internet connection some computers in the industrial building would have on occasion would make it HELL for me to do classes since if the internet went out and I did not save before then, I had to start from scratch!

LITERALLY forced me to drop my class halfway through because of this, and I did not get my money back for it!

- JamesTDG -->

==Popular products==

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|Discontinuation yet to occur

|[[Autodesk Fusion ends support for Windows 10]]

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|Telemetry bugs and harmful fines

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|Consumers reported Autodesk's telemetry<ref>https://www.autodesk.com/company/autodesk-analytics</ref> on paid versions of software detecting pirated versions of their software on PCs, and they explicitly send large fines as a punishment.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Architects/comments/1ct8nqd/autodesk_detected_pirated_programs_after/</ref> This software has also been caught malfunctioning and Autodesk scaring consumers into purchasing expensive versions of their licenses.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Architects/comments/1ct8nqd/comment/lod8lo2/</ref><!-- Useful info, not so valuable for this specifically though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/15uzp3q/f_autodesk/ -->

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 Autodesk primarily develops and maintains computer-aided design (CAD) software used globally across many engineering and design industries. Autodesk's vast array of proprietary software allows their programs to interoperate, allowing for cloud-based building information management (BIM) collaboration between owners, architects, engineers, and contractors.<ref><nowiki>https://www.autodesk.com/products/bim-collaborate/overview?plc=COLLRP&term=1-YEAR&tab=subscription</nowiki></ref>
+Modern versions of Autodesk Products, such as Inventor or AutoCAD, have been known to operate via [[Digital rights management#Always-online DRM|always-online DRM]],<ref>https://www.autodesk.com/support/download-install/admins/network-deploy/install-licensing-software</ref> and have served to provide significant inconvenience for consumers if their internet goes out or their license verification servers are offline for maintenance.  <!-- I personally remember taking a class that used Inventor, and the spotty internet connection some computers in the industrial building would have on occasion would make it HELL for me to do classes since if the internet went out and I did not save before then, I had to start from scratch!
+LITERALLY forced me to drop my class halfway through because of this, and I did not get my money back for it!
+- JamesTDG -->
 ==Popular products==
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 |Discontinuation yet to occur
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+|Telemetry bugs and harmful fines
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+|Consumers reported Autodesk's telemetry<ref>https://www.autodesk.com/company/autodesk-analytics</ref> on paid versions of software detecting pirated versions of their software on PCs, and they explicitly send large fines as a punishment.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Architects/comments/1ct8nqd/autodesk_detected_pirated_programs_after/</ref> This software has also been caught malfunctioning and Autodesk scaring consumers into purchasing expensive versions of their licenses.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Architects/comments/1ct8nqd/comment/lod8lo2/</ref><!-- Useful info, not so valuable for this specifically though.
+https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/15uzp3q/f_autodesk/ -->
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