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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.

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.

The Reaper DAW (digital audio workstation) is another example. There's actually a lot of such 'nagware' in the audio world.

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