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This might be true for the mobile market, however the PC market is a different beast entirely.

• the8472 11y ago
  On the PC you still get 30-day trials for professional software or apply-for-private-use-licence-leave-an-email models. It's not quite the same as the eternal winzip install on millions of PCs, but some people still make money that way.
  • pluma 11y ago
    Actually Sublime Text is a prime example for the WinZip model: you can use it with no limitations, but only for evaluation. You're meant to pay if you keep using it but other than a nagging popup and a note in the window title there are no restrictions.
    • dysfunction 11y ago
      The Reaper DAW (digital audio workstation) is another example. There's actually a lot of such 'nagware' in the audio world.