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Is a person a consumer if they don't financially contribute? I think there is a line between "consumer" and "user". Regardless, there is plenty of original content here posted by Developers. That makes the accusation that this forum is just for hackers, silly.Well - yes and no, yes quite a few projects are posted directly by their creators. Some of them are a part of the community, some treat it as a promotion or have other reasons. But the majority of the content is posted by third parties. So if the developer won't post it....someone else definitely will and that someone probably will try to provide a full version. And for us as consumers - it's better to have a full version of a product. And if you like the product, and you want to support the developer, no one is preventing you from sending him some money.
But yeah, there is a lot of pirated content here.....always was)
Regarding your other Post; No. Nothing has been taken away from the "free" version and locked behind paywall.