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I'm giving them a year until lifetime licenses start to mean nothing. (slrpnk.net)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Buying a lifetime license, also known as... buying.

Products aren't services.

[–] grimacefry@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The service is the developers releasing bug fixes and features that should have been there to begin with.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

As a programmer, I cannot throw that stone. Software is hard.

But leaving software alone is the easiest thing in the world.