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[StreetsofBeige]

I guess Windows, but that comes with every PC built into the price. If I exclude that, the only non-gaming thing I pay for is MS Office. Everything else you can find a decent freeware out there. I'm not a graphic editor, so don't need Photoshop.

Great thing about Office is that most big companies should be hooked up to the MS Home use Employee deal. I got a copy of Office (full version) years back for something like $15. Of course it's not the latest version, but good enough for me.

 

[Azurro]

IntelliJ. One of the best IDEs out there and the only one I'd ever consider paying for.

 

[Sophist]

The only software i have paid for was MIRC years ago.

 

[Ahmed]

I want to add MailBird (a desktop email client). if you have multiple email accounts, this is a great tool.

 

[Kadayi]

Lastpass (sub)
Adobe CC (sub)
Lazy Nezumi Pro
Scrivener
Scrapple
Cyberlink Power
Pocket Casts

 

[womfalcs3]

why winrar of course!

7-Zip was free. I havent used it in +-decade, as now I'm happy with .zip compression.

 

[5secondrulesucks]

software where im constantly laying eggs

 

[womfalcs3]

I guess Windows, but that comes with every PC built into the price. If I exclude that, the only non-gaming thing I pay for is MS Office. Everything else you can find a decent freeware out there. I'm not a graphic editor, so don't need Photoshop.

Great thing about Office is that most big companies should be hooked up to the MS Home use Employee deal. I got a copy of Office (full version) years back for something like $15. Of course it's not the latest version, but good enough for me.

And even if you were a graphic editor, I would think GIMP (which is a freeware) covers most features of Photoshop.

 

[kraspkibble]

the only software i've paid for (that isn't a game) is Windows. even then i don't give MS what they ask. i get it cheap. Windows 10 Pro is £230 but i paid £35 for it.

i am considering buying Ableton for making some music and that cost €80-600 but i'd probably go with the €600 version which is roughly £525.

 

[Zenaku]

Painter 2018, still need to put time aside to do a bit of drawing/painting.

Also subbed to PhotoShop but haven't really used it in months. Was planning to cancel, but I'm gonna toy with Unreal Engine again, so I might need it to play with textures, normal maps etc.

Would like to get zBrush, but with a flat to pay for I can't afford the expense atm.

 

[petran79]

Would like to get zBrush, but with a flat to pay for I can't afford the expense atm.

Substance Painter is a nice and popular alternative

 

[Zenaku]

Substance Painter is a nice and popular alternative

Thanks, I'll give it a look. Need to see if Blenders 3D sculpting has improved at all too in the last year.

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

FLstudio
ClipStudioPaint
zbrush

I'm not fond of software as a service, don't want my software being held hostage. Think software should have the ability to be installable on multiple machines, preferably DRM free.

If I see free lifetime updates, that's a very good plus and it gives me a strong incentive to buy.

I can see software as a service being necessary for security related apps, as those obligatorily need constant updates, but even then the software should still be allowed to function while being out of date even if it offers less security. But other apps? The updates are usually nice but not absolutely necessary, and the software as is is often quite fully functional, don't see why I should be forced to buy constant updates or have my software stop working, it feels kind of scammy.

I will do my best to avoid any (SaaS)software as a service piece of sofware.

 

[Ahmed]

wallpaper engine on steam, nice wallpaper app

 

[Ahmed]

any more suggestions?

 

[Halo0629]

Yeah malwarebytes. Saved me and my dad's pc a lot of times already.

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

any more suggestions?

Oh checked my email backlog, and it seems there was a recent release of real illusion's character creator 3. That's definitely on the To Buy list


real illusion has a lot of cool stuff. Like their motion capture software. Maybe I missed it, but one would think custom 3d motion captured characters would be more common in streams and in youtube videos. But aside from the hacked MMD kinect anime girls, haven't seen much variety.

 

[Ahmed]

I want to add total commander, an old school file manager (will remind you of norton commander)

C:\CD NC5
C:\NC5\NC 5CD

 

[Azurro]

I want to add total commander, an old school file manager (will remind you of norton commander)

C:\CD NC5
C:\NC5\NC 5CD

Yeah, that's pretty nice, if only because it allows you to drill down into .jar files and see why the hell the program doesn't run.

 

[Ailynn]

Although I don't pay for it, I use and love Mac OS Mojave. I do have a monthly subscription to Adobe Photoshop CC (although I've barely been using it lately.)

I also paid for Sound Studio Pro back in my M.U.G.E.N creation days.

 

[Azurro]

Although I don't pay for it, I use and love Mac OS Mojave. I do have a monthly subscription to Adobe Photoshop CC (although I've barely been using it lately.)

I also paid for Sound Studio Pro back in my M.U.G.E.N creation days.

Well, you kind of already paid for Mac OS with how overpriced Macs are.

 

[Ailynn]

Well, you kind of already paid for Mac OS with how overpriced Macs are.

Ha! Yeah...that is absolutely true!

Here is my computer, and if I remember correctly, I foolishly paid around $2700 back then.
(Through two years of financing, of course.)

 

[Snoopycat]

I mostly buy music software. I got Pro Tools, Fruity Loops, Serato, a bunch of expansions from Native Instruments. I been thinking about buying Ableton but I don't know if I really need it.

 

[20cent]

-Sketching apps (Sketchbook / ProCreate) on tablet and PC (iPad/Surface). But Sketchbook is free now.
-Remotix - easily control my Mac Mini Plex Station hooked to my TV from a Windows computer. Works like AirDisplay (I think?).
-Comics/manga readers (iPad / Android), free ones suck.
-ZetaTorrent (bitorrent client for Android phone), paid to stay ad-free.
-Dashlane (multiplatform password manager and more), I just paid few dollars to extend my trial another months as I was too lazy to export my database, following a tiny bug they compensated early adopters with a lifetime subscription..

And Windows, if not included / building a PC.

That's it.

 

[DS_Joost]

I get my income from music, so all the software regarding that is paid for. I've paid for Cubase, Reason, Digital Performer, Reaper and am now on Studio One as it feels like Cubase without the bloat, with features implemented for the 21st century.

Don't ask me what I spend on sample libraries and software instruments though... let's just say that even roughly estimating that is enough to give me a depression...

I could never do any professional work without buying the software legally though. I know some of these developers, they are human beings, and they put blood, sweat and tears into this shit, and they need to eat too. So, if you gain a lot of productivity out of something, support those developers. It'll gain you a lot in the end. You won't believe the kinds of discounts I sometimes get on new, shiny stuff.

 

[JCK75]

Several Copies of Windows
DVDFAB
MakeMKV
Substance Painter/Designer
Several Paid addons for Blender (Pro Skies, RetopoFlow, Flip Fluids)
I have a Photoshop Subscription even though I mostly use Krita
Wallpaper Engine

 

[Hudo]

Donated to the Gentoo project once. But I can't really remember paying for software. One reason of this might also be that I'm mostly using Linux (and BSD) for work and they are primed towards open source software anyway. The other reason, well...actually I'm using licenses from work... (But at least I'm not pirating stuff, I guess).

 

[Dunki]

Since I now work in the IT industry and also do consulting I buy everything I use. Many free ware tools just lack the kid of support you mostly get by buying software,

 

[nemiroff]

Cakewalk Sonar Platinum and tons and tons of plugins.. hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth. My estimation is that I use 2% of the package capabilities, lol.. I mostly jam with my self on guitar. So I should start using my synths and start making music again..

 

[Ahmed]

no more suggestions?

 

[EviLore]

Adobe CC suite (primarily Photoshop and Lightroom, some Premiere/AE, and Acrobat obvs, also lots of mileage out of the iOS stuff like Adobe Fill and Sign for business)
Various Photoshop/LR plugins for post-processing e.g. Nik Collection, Topaz Labs
Logic Pro
Native Instruments Komplete
Arturia V Collection, various other Arturia plugins
Korg Collection
Waves Platinum
Serum, Sylenth1, Thorn, Cthulhu, etc. etc. individual soft synths and other audio plugins
Flowkey
NeoGAF licenses for Xenforo and all manner of add-ons of course

 

[Leonard Washington]

Oh checked my email backlog, and it seems there was a recent release of real illusion's character creator 3. That's definitely on the To Buy list


real illusion has a lot of cool stuff. Like their motion capture software. Maybe I missed it, but one would think custom 3d motion captured characters would be more common in streams and in youtube videos. But aside from the hacked MMD kinect anime girls, haven't seen much variety.

That is quite impressive.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

I was interested in buying the latest Photoshop a year or so ago. Then I found out it was subscription based only - and really expensive.

 

[Hudo]

Donated to the Gentoo project once. But I can't really remember paying for software. One reason of this might also be that I'm mostly using Linux (and BSD) for work and they are primed towards open source software anyway. The other reason, well...actually I'm using licenses from work... (But at least I'm not pirating stuff, I guess).

Inspired by this thread, I deemed it necessary to also donate something to the Debian project. And so I did.

 

[Winchester]

What I've paid for off the top of my head:

Royal TS
Windscribe VPN (Lifetime)
Stardock Fences
Boson Netsim/Exam Environment

Ones that I'd like to buy in the future:

Plex Lifetime
Lastpass (though the free version pretty much handles everything I need)

 

[Ahmed]

Black Friday is coming soon any more recommendations?

 

[Flapples]

Malwarebytes Premium
Spotify Premium
Sony Vegas Pro 14
Wallpaper Engine

Im an epic despacito gamer

 

[DS_Joost]

Black Friday is coming soon any more recommendations?

Depends on what you're looking for. Anything related to music, and mixing/mastering is my specialty!

 

[Neverwas]

I pay for Reason updates, and have a lifetime license with UltraEdit.

 

[Ahmed]

Depends on what you're looking for. Anything related to music, and mixing/mastering is my specialty!

in any specialty, to benefit other members

 

[Ahmed]

ProWritingAid lifetime 50% off
https://prowritingaid.com/en/App/Purchase
a superb Grammarly alternative