When I was working as an engineer I used both autocad and revit, autodesk has been a piece of shit company for a long, long time. Their greed knows no limits and unfortunately they have convinced their markets that the cost of working with them is just "the cost of doing business".

I'd love to see the day they crash and burn as a company, but I have a feeling that's just a far fetched dream.

They know that they are still cheaper than any of the other commercial packages. SolidWorks' yearly maintenance (plus you have a higher upfront cost when you acquire it) is multiple times the F360 subscription per seat.

They aren't interested in dealing with low value business, the only reason they even have a free version is to get potential future customers used to the software so they demand their employers buy it over their competitors. Same reason why Dassault Systemes gives SolidWorks to students for free.

Nobody making $1000 in revenue is buying it, but yes that's what they're saying. However, that'd be a business expense and you'd get to deduct taxes for it. Still not amazing but yeah.

I agree it's a silly breakpoint, but they have to draw the line somewhere, and I'm sure they feel that a 70/30 split is completely reasonable. Besides, a Fusion license is practically coins-in-the-couch compared to their architectural licensing fees. I'm sure they feel like they're doing us a favor by pricing Fusion so low.