Some of those big (meaning expensive) apps are not really for the home user to afford, they're for businesses that charge +$1000 bucks an hour for their services. So you stick in the muds reckon that people should fork out $1500 for a program they may only use for a few hours a month?
For me after being stung by some junk software and of course the constant upgrade cycle, I now download demo or if not available a pirate version to "try before I buy"
Even just recently I bought the digital version of Civ test of time, but 'shock' it's a cut down version (no cinematics, buggy). Instead of waiting for a remedy I just downloaded the pirated disc version. The owner still gets his cut and I have a full bug free version of the game.
