There are ways to provide a slimmed down version for people to use and try and that way they can advertise their other products inside their software where you can pay to use them.
They simply chose to do this. Regardless if it's paid or not, this was a business decision.
They have a free product, but not everything they offer is free.
- https://www.avast.com/en-us/store
There are ways to provide a slimmed down version for people to use and try and that way they can advertise their other products inside their software where you can pay to use them.
They simply chose to do this. Regardless if it's paid or not, this was a business decision.