One big reason for many is that Fusion 360 is subscription only. Even if you don't use or pay for Fusion you can use their file converter which is a pretty good one. If you quit paying your subscription you can still access your files and export them in many different formats. The path of recovery is the same for any other cad/cam program, you have to move all the files you want to save to another program. If your internet connection drops you can't open a file you haven't used for over a year, if you have your preference set to store locally any file saved within a year, but pretty much everything else works. If Autodesk discontinues the product (as they've done to dozens of other products) or for some reason goes out of business (larger companies have failed), or raises the price beyond what you can pay, you lose everything with no path to recovery.While I agree with most of what you said I think you're wrong on some things. On top of that, if your internet connection drops, you don't work. If you signed a confidentiality agreement with your client and then do the work in 360, you have violated that agreement by sharing the files with Autodesk. This makes it a nonstarter for ITAR and proprietary work, or for anything that is mission critical. You do not control your data you ask Autodesks permission to access "your" data. The other big reason is that it's a "cloud" service, which means "on someone else's computer". If Autodesk discontinues the product (as they've done to dozens of other products) or for some reason goes out of business (larger companies have failed), or raises the price beyond what you can pay, you lose everything with no path to recovery. Many suspect that Autodesks plan is to get as many people hooked on the low price as possible and then ramp up the price significantly, counting on the fact that it would cost too much for you to redesign and re-toolpath all of your products in other software.
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That means that you have to pay forever to keep using the software, at whatever price is demanded, while for purchased software with maintenance if you stop paying you get to keep using the version you have forever.