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“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses — often disabling the ability to use older versions of software and forcing those users to pay additional money to update to a more recent version. The term “euthanasia” was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by discontinuing it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref> | “License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses — often disabling the ability to use older versions of software and forcing those users to pay additional money to update to a more recent version. The term “euthanasia” was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by discontinuing it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref> | ||
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