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johneatoday at 8:32 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not a bad idea, but why does this only apply to games?

I prime example of other software this would have benefited is AutoCAD.

People who refused the conversion to a subscription, and maintained their "lifetime" licenses, where shut down after a couple of years.


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Melatonictoday at 9:55 PM

How were they shut down? Like as in the old software refuses to start or they cant renew maintenance / no security updates?

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ktalletttoday at 8:42 PM

Agreed! Far too many companies selling software as lifetime license and their renegade on that deal. A refund should be allowed. Or simply make the software offline without drm

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