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itopaloglu83today at 2:00 AM2 repliesview on HN

It’s more malicious than that, they’re simply not renewing their code signing license hence making the software non-functional.


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londons_exploretoday at 4:41 AM

Which probably allows them to skirt legal liability...

After all, a computer with the date set to 2021 will still function...

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im3w1ltoday at 6:52 AM

I don't think this can be the case given that the program will keep working in reduced functionality mode. This wouldn't be possible in the situation you describe.