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There are free tiers of software and services everywhere. Businesses make the calculation that sponsoring university students’ use of their product will create
by lfpeb8b45ez 4y ago
There are free tiers of software and services everywhere. Businesses make the calculation that sponsoring university students’ use of their product will create loyal paying customers down the road, and students are both easy to identify via email domain and probably more likely than the general population to make purchasing decisions on software and services.
- ushakov 4y agoyes, as in my own comment: this is a business, not a charity if businesses give you something for free, they still expect to profit, but at later point the logic here is to give you the product while you’re studying so when you finished they can start bill you or your future employer this is not to help students, but to help companies find leads who will help fill their own pockets