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The ManyCam website as of March 2022 stated that <q> Any paid ManyCam Lifetime subscription allows you to upgrade the ManyCam software for free whenever a newer version of ManyCam is released </q> and that <q>ManyCam Lifetime subscription plans are a one-time payment, no renewal or other fees included</q> <ref name="ManyCam Knowledge Base: Will I get all future versions and updates of ManyCam for free?"> [https://web.archive.org/web/20220317113659/https://help.manycam.com/knowledge-base/manycam-devices-video-sources/ "ManyCam Knowledge Base: Will I get all future versions and updates of ManyCam for free?"] manycam.com via The Internet Archive </ref>

In June 2022, new owner of ManyCam [[Paltalk]] ~~forced~~ customers to upgrade to ManyCam 8 a version of the software with which the lifetime subscription ~~licences~~ did not work ~~{{Citation needed}}~~.

In June 2022, new owner of ManyCam [[Paltalk]] pushed an update out for customers to upgrade to ManyCam 8.0.0, a version of the software with which the lifetime subscription licenses did not work. <ref name="ManyCam Forum: Activation many cam 8 and many cam lite - 2022-07-05"> [https://web.archive.org/web/20220705084722/https://forum.manycam.com/t/activation-many-cam-8-and-many-cam-lite/6448 "ManyCam Forum: Activation many cam 8 and many cam lite"] manycam.com via The Internet Archive on July 5th, 2022</ref>

Presumably this was not properly communicated with many customers, as ~~manyt~~ expressed their surprise when their "lifetime" subscription licenses stopped working like they used to. One customer related their experience on the ManyCam Forums in a thread titled '''"Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"''' <ref name="ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220705095408/https://forum.manycam.com/t/dont-upgrade-to-manycam-8/6440 "ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"] forum.manycam.com via The Internet Archive</ref>

Presumably this was not properly communicated with many customers, as many expressed their surprise when their "lifetime" subscription licenses stopped working like they used to. One customer related their experience on the ManyCam Forums in a thread titled '''"Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"''' <ref name="ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8! - 2022-07-05">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220705095408/https://forum.manycam.com/t/dont-upgrade-to-manycam-8/6440 "ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"] forum.manycam.com via The Internet Archive on July 5th, 2022</ref>

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 The ManyCam website as of March 2022 stated that <q> Any paid ManyCam Lifetime subscription allows you to upgrade the ManyCam software for free whenever a newer version of ManyCam is released </q> and that <q>ManyCam Lifetime subscription plans are a one-time payment, no renewal or other fees included</q> <ref name="ManyCam Knowledge Base: Will I get all future versions and updates of ManyCam for free?"> [https://web.archive.org/web/20220317113659/https://help.manycam.com/knowledge-base/manycam-devices-video-sources/ "ManyCam Knowledge Base: Will I get all future versions and updates of ManyCam for free?"] manycam.com via The Internet Archive </ref>
-In June 2022, new owner of ManyCam [[Paltalk]] forced customers to upgrade to ManyCam 8 a version of the software with which the lifetime subscription licences did not work {{Citation needed}}.
+In June 2022, new owner of ManyCam [[Paltalk]] pushed an update out for customers to upgrade to ManyCam 8.0.0, a version of the software with which the lifetime subscription licenses did not work. <ref name="ManyCam Forum: Activation many cam 8 and many cam lite - 2022-07-05"> [https://web.archive.org/web/20220705084722/https://forum.manycam.com/t/activation-many-cam-8-and-many-cam-lite/6448 "ManyCam Forum: Activation many cam 8 and many cam lite"] manycam.com via The Internet Archive on July 5th, 2022</ref>
-Presumably this was not properly communicated with many customers, as manyt expressed their surprise when their "lifetime" subscription licenses stopped working like they used to.  One customer related their experience on the ManyCam Forums in a thread titled '''"Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"''' <ref name="ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220705095408/https://forum.manycam.com/t/dont-upgrade-to-manycam-8/6440 "ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"] forum.manycam.com via The Internet Archive</ref>
+Presumably this was not properly communicated with many customers, as many expressed their surprise when their "lifetime" subscription licenses stopped working like they used to.  One customer related their experience on the ManyCam Forums in a thread titled '''"Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"''' <ref name="ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8! - 2022-07-05">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220705095408/https://forum.manycam.com/t/dont-upgrade-to-manycam-8/6440 "ManyCam Forums: Don't Upgrade to ManyCam 8!"] forum.manycam.com via The Internet Archive on July 5th, 2022</ref>
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