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[–] Tash 24 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm trying to remember when I last had a real "free trial" and not these "give me your credit card subscription scams". A bonafide "try our thing for real" situation made me buy it.

Free food or drinks for sure. Maybe a newspaper or magazine when I was a kid?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Downloadable game demos is the closest I can think of.

[–] cynar 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lightburn (laser cutter software) lets you trial the full version for 1 month free. It doubles as an excellent way to get up to speed on the software without tying up the laser cutter's computer (community machine).

[–] ThePantser 3 points 7 months ago

And they even let you extend it. I don't think I paid for it for like 4 months.

[–] Mercuri 2 points 7 months ago

I know exactly. I started getting into music creation with a DAW and wanted a good drums plugin. Toontrack Superior Drums claims to be the industry standard but I couldn't use their trial without a credit card. Addictive Drums 2, their closest competitor, actually had a free trial. Guess which one I ended up buying after trying it out for a couple months?