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Re:Autodesk Fusion 360 becomes almost useless for hobbyists by dotancohen on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:44PM (#24506866)
That is very expensive for hobby software. For contrast, I pay about $50 per year for a Jetbrains IDE for professional use. That's software I feed my family using.
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Re:Autodesk Fusion 360 becomes almost useless for hobbyists by matz1 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:10PM (#24507202)
I'm talking about hobby in general. Let say tennis hobby, the annual membership cost alone could easily go more than 297/year.
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Re:Autodesk Fusion 360 becomes almost useless for hobbyists by wccrawford on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:18PM (#24508122)
297/yr isn't the cost of "the hobby". It's the cost of part of the hobby. Then you need machines, bits, and material to work with.

And it's unlikely that a CNC alone will be enough for anything, so there's a bunch of related tools and supplies needed.

It's like saying "a $300 set of clubs isn't too much to have golf as a hobby" but forgetting that you need to pay for all kinds of others stuff, too.

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Re:Autodesk Fusion 360 becomes almost useless for hobbyists by matz1 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:27PM (#24508226)
yes, i wasn't implying 297/year is the total cost of "the hobby". thats why i compare it to tennis membership, which is also only the cost of part of the hobby.
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