Then one night, during a paid photo edit, his PC froze for 90 seconds — right before an auto-save. He lost five retouches.
That was it.
He tried the free version of CCleaner. It helped — a little. But every evening, the "Upgrade to Pro" popup appeared. He ignored it. "I don’t need another subscription," he thought.
And yes, Marco finally stopped seeing the upgrade popup.
Marco decided to — not because he wanted software, but because he wanted time .
