^To be fair, Autodesk does offer free copies of its software to students, those just can’t be used for any kind of commercial work (or by non-students trying to learn the software on their own). I’d still prefer Adobe’s way of having students pay a reduced price for the programs but also letting them use them for commercial projects or maybe the way Quixel and Allegorithmic do it with a cheaper indie licence for individuals/companies who make less than a certain amount of money a year. I’d be totally willing to buy Maya if there was a cheaper, non-subscription licence for, say, a few hundred bucks (at most) but I am, trying to unlearn Maya and learn Blender.