https://marco.org/2007/05/12/weve-come-a-long-way-in-technology-when-i-can-on
We’ve come a long way in technology when I can, on a whim, download a completely functional version of a $699 program for free, legally, right from the vendor’s website. And its 750 MB download is done before I can even make coffee. It probably takes its boxed-copy owners longer to find the CD.