Why is my personal info needed to download DaVinci Resolve?

[Mikko]

I am gonna use it for editing. but I have to register, but it ask me to put in my name, my number, my city, and my state, huh? That's too much.

[eram]

your personal info is already all over the internet

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

context?
is that a free to use software?

[Washell]

Free trial period? Because in that case it's to hinder people from getting an infinite free trial.

[Minos]

Incase anyone comes across this again, you can just put N/A in the boxes you need to fill out.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Mikko:

I am gonna use it for editing. but I have to register, but it ask me to put in my name, my number, my city, and my state, huh? That's too much.

"It is only a drop of blood," begged the old witch. "I have so little and you have so much."

[Maverick]

Same reason as always. So they can bombard your email inbox with marketing adverts, share your info with their third-party partners and affiliate companies, and make the shareholders and investors happy by saying, “We currently have X number of active registered users, a X percent increase from last year!”

[ナルゴ]

Marketing. It's good software with a free version, so they want to potentially make money on you

[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.