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In 2024, Autodesk announced that Fusion would no longer support Windows 10 installations after the start of January 2026. Stated in their support article, "Autodesk will no longer consider Windows 10 for validation, bug fixing, and product support of future releases." The phrasing has rightfully baffled consumers, and with a lack of elaboration from support teams, it is unclear whether existing installations will continue to function, especially since the line "existing installations cannot be repaired or reinstalled" is confusing and leaves questions unanswered.<ref name=":2" />

In February 2025, Autodesk sent an email to Fusion 360 subscribers that HSMWorks entitlement would no longer be included on new subscriptions after 25th of March 2025 and entitlement would end March 25, 2028, for all subscribers. "At that point, you will no longer be able to download, access, or use HSMWorks."<ref name=":1" />

In 2023, YouTuber Ian Davis owned a permanent, standalone license for Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013, which failed to renew. Autodesk refused to issue a new license without an additional subscription purchase.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Louis |first=Rossmann |date=2023-06-30 |title=Autodesk screws customers by turning lifetime licenses into subscriptions |url=Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHY9K8X45XA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=OHY9K8X45XA |archive-date=23 Feb 2026 |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=YouTube |type=video}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ian |first=Davis |date=2023-07-03 |title=Thoughts on AutoCad License invalidation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iQP62_X13g |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=7iQP62_X13g |archive-date=23 Feb 2026 |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=YouTube |place=Ian Davis' personal YouTube channel |type=video}}</ref>

In 2017, consumers reported that the data analytics systems built into Autodesk's software detected pirated versions of Autodesk products on PCs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AUTODESK ANALYTICS PROGRAMS |url=https://www.autodesk.com/company/autodesk-analytics |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251210123931/https://www.autodesk.com/company/autodesk-analytics |archive-date=10 Dec 2025 |access-date=2 Aug 2025 |website=[[Autodesk]]}}</ref> This detection would be able to happen even if the pirated software was uninstalled ''before'' purchasing an official license and installing the real product. Autodesk sent large fines as a punishment.<ref name=":5" /> This software has also been reported to malfunction, and Autodesk is allegedly pressuring consumers into purchasing expensive versions of their licenses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autodesk detected pirated programs after purchasing licenses (Reply) |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Architects/comments/1ct8nqd/comment/lod8lo2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223030344/https://old.reddit.com/r/Architects/comments/1ct8nqd/autodesk_detected_pirated_programs_after/lod8lo2/ |archive-date=23 Feb 2026 |access-date=2 Aug 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

Because HSMWorks was subscription-only, or entitlement was only available through a Fusion 360 subscription, from 2016 onward, any person or organization that used up-to-date versions of HSMWorks since then will cease to have access to all data associated with HSMWorks, despite the data being locally stored and HSMWorks being installed (although unusable). HSMWorks data is not compatible with Fusion 360 nor Inventor CAM (products that share some technology with HSMWorks), thus, no solution exists to bridge users' data to actively supported software.{{Citation needed|date=29 Mar 2026}}

In 2009 autodesk acquired [[wikipedia:Autodesk_Softimage|Softimage XSI]], with the sole purpose of eliminating competition. The software was discontinued. Many game studios were forced to switch to other software, due to XSI no longer being updated.{{Citation needed|date=29 Mar 2026}}

In 2007, [[wikipedia:Autodesk_Mudbox|Mudbox]] was bought by Autodesk. the software has had multiple new version releases, but no updates.