Where have all the free tools gone? - Freeware has become adware/trialware

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Trying to find reliable free tools is a pain. Jews have put even the basic functionalities behind subscription based tools.

Tools that used to be free are now adware (ie, they advertize as free, are actually ads to predatory subscription) or are shitty demos that offer 1% of the quality and functionality, and expect you to buy a 1year subscription to use a shitty basic tool once.

All the reliable free tools have disappeared or are turned into adware bloatware.

 

[herefortheactualthreads]

r/piracy might help.

 

[dec05eba]

Install gentoo

 

[CEO of Autism]

Any specific examples, OP?

 

[User names must be unique]

github, where they languish unseen, unknown and unused

 

[The Mighty Banth]

Google sketch up used to have a ton of cool features they locked up. Anything similar people can recommend?

 

[peachlover669]

Sounds like a you problem, I just go to my local hardware store and walk out with them and nobody stops me because im brown. Have you considered using black face?

 

[Steve Martin Short]

Sweet

Google sketch up used to have a ton of cool features they locked up. Anything similar people can recommend?

Sweet Home 3D and Blender are the only things that come to mind. So no, nothing even remotely similar.

 

[Squishie PP]

All the ones I use are free.
So maybe it is better to ask, what exact tools can you not find free alternatives to?

 

[The Mighty Banth]

Sweet

Sweet Home 3D and Blender are the only things that come to mind. So no, nothing even remotely similar.

Darn, thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Slav Power]

Consider having a look at AlternativeTo, I discovered a ton of great software through it.

 

[We Are The Witches]

Any specific examples, OP?

A good example is Adobe stuff.

I have my pirated version of Photoshop so I don't have to deal with this nonsense.

 

[Rango Dango]

everything is free if you know where to look

 

[Pee Cola]

All the reliable free tools have disappeared or are turned into adware bloatware.

Use an earlier version.

Any specific examples, OP?

The first one that comes to mind for me is Macrium Reflect. The free version was excellent, but was dropped when Macrium Reflect 8 was released.

Macrium Reflect 7 Free edition still works great, and I'll keep using it for the foreseeable future.

yes, backup software is probably a poor example as there are myriad free options out there, but Reflect is one I've found particularly easy to get along with

 

[COME ON OUT YOU RAPIST]

You will have to comb through jeetspam, but 4chan's /g/ board and their archives can yield solutions. But that solution is usually on Github or Greasy Fork anyway.

 

[Fascist Frederick]

I still use GIMP extensively, but I haven't updated it in forever. Maybe it's full of AIDS now?

 

[The Wise Shaman]

When searching for free tools, add "open source" to your search. This guarantees that the tool you're getting doesn't try to scam you with a premium version or a subscription. Quality-wise, they range from not-great-but-usable (like GIMP) to "rivals industry standards" (like Blender).

 

[Squishie PP]

Macrium Reflect 7 Free edition still works great, and I'll keep using it for the foreseeable future.

yes, backup software is probably a poor example as there are myriad free options out there, but Reflect is one I've found particularly easy to get along with

This sounds like the kind of thing that is built into most linux distributions as a standard tool.

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[Warai Otoko]

r/piracy might help.

fmhy.net also is good.

 

[Tablet County]

Thread title sounds like the first line to a shitty parody of Holding Out for a Hero.