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==How it works== | ==How it works== | ||
Companies may deceptively advertise a product or service as having a "lifetime" or "forever" license, | Companies may deceptively advertise a product or service as having a "lifetime" or "forever" license, but when a customer legally gets a license (typically by paying money), the customer is only allowed to use the product/service for a ''limited'' period of time. | ||
Sometimes, the "lifetime" refers to the warranty of the product, not the lifetime of the customer. | Sometimes, the "lifetime" refers to the warranty of the product, not the lifetime of the customer. | ||
Companies do this to artificially increase profits, such as switching to a subscription model for recurring revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/adobe-creative-suite-officialy-retired/| | Companies do this to artificially increase profits, such as switching to a subscription model for recurring revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grigonis |first=Hillary |date=2022-05-15 |title=After a record-breaking year, Adobe officially axes the old Creative Suite |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/adobe-creative-suite-officialy-retired/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163317/https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/adobe-creative-suite-officialy-retired/ |archive-date=2022-08-09 |work=Digital Trends}}</ref> | ||
==Why it is a problem== | ==Why it is a problem== | ||