Lifetime license removal: Difference between revisions
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==Examples<!-- Web search to flip through: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lifetime+product+license+revoked+-driver&t=brave&ia=web Possible things to investigate to add: AutoDesk Norton Filmora https://linustechtips.com/topic/1476599-filmora-is-no-longer-supporting-users-lifetime-licenses/page/2/ PlayOn https://www.reddit.com/r/PlayOn/comments/qpi14m/psa_to_companies_do_not_offer_lifetime_licenses/ Mailbird https://lowendbox.com/blog/the-mailbird-scam-when-a-lifetime-license-is-not-lifetime/ -->== | ==Examples<!-- Web search to flip through: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lifetime+product+license+revoked+-driver&t=brave&ia=web Possible things to investigate to add: AutoDesk Norton Filmora https://linustechtips.com/topic/1476599-filmora-is-no-longer-supporting-users-lifetime-licenses/page/2/ PlayOn https://www.reddit.com/r/PlayOn/comments/qpi14m/psa_to_companies_do_not_offer_lifetime_licenses/ Mailbird https://lowendbox.com/blog/the-mailbird-scam-when-a-lifetime-license-is-not-lifetime/ --><!-- I want to add this one, BUT the article has ZERO work done. https://consumerrights.wiki/Tango_Elegoo_Edition_False_Lifetime_License -->== | ||
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|[[Adobe]] | |[[Adobe]] | ||
|Photoshop, Acrobat, Firefly, Premiere, Creative Cloud, etc | |[[Photoshop]], [[Adobe Acrobat|Acrobat]], [[Adobe Firefly|Firefly]], [[Adobe Premiere|Premiere]], [[Adobe Creative Cloud|Creative Cloud]], etc | ||
|2020-Now | |2020-Now | ||
|Adobe has been slowly revoking licenses across its product library that eliminate the ownership of the products that consumers and businesses have paid for. | |Adobe has been slowly revoking licenses across its product library that eliminate the ownership of the products that consumers and businesses have paid for. | ||
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|[[InfiniteQuant]] | |[[InfiniteQuant]] | ||
|[[VPNSecure]] | |[[VPNSecure.me|VPNSecure]] | ||
|2025 | |2025 | ||
|After the company InfiniteQuant purchased VPNSecure, the company opted to revoke lifetime licenses that users had paid for | |After the company InfiniteQuant purchased VPNSecure, the company opted to revoke lifetime licenses that users had paid for | ||
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|[[Tansee License Changed from Lifetime to 3 Years After Purchase]] | |[[Tansee License Changed from Lifetime to 3 Years After Purchase]] | ||
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|Malwarebytes | |[[Malwarebytes]] | ||
|Malwarebytes | |[[Malwarebytes]] | ||
|2014 | |2014 | ||
|TBA | |TBA | ||
|TBA | |TBA | ||
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|[[Wondershare]] | |||
|[[Filmora]] | |||
|2022 | |||
|In 2022, Wondershare updated their licensing terms inside their EULA to mark all lifetime licenses as invalid;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ernie |date=3 Jan 2023 |title=Filmora lifetime license controversy |url=https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/filmora-lifetime-license-controversy/ |access-date=May 28, 2025 |website=MidRange}}</ref> in 2024, consumers sued over this revocation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCroskey |first=Kelsey |date=26 February 2024 |title=Wondershare Hit with Lawsuit Over Alleged Subscription Auto-Renewal Practices |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/wondershare-hit-with-lawsuit-over-alleged-subscription-auto-renewal-practices |access-date=May 28, 2025 |website=ClassAction.org}}</ref> | |||
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]] | |||
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|[[Iconfactory]] | |||
|[[Linea Sketch]] | |||
|2020? | |||
|In 2020,<!-- Vague guess, wiki article missing actual dates and proper reference formatting -->Iconfactory transitioned Linea Sketch into using a subscription model for users, and revoked licenses for V2 users who had automatic updates enabled on the iOS store. | |||
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]] | |||
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|[[Fongo Inc.]] | |||
|Fongo | |||
|2024 | |||
|In 2024, Fongo began switching licenses for Fongo's ad-free version from a one-time payment, to a subscription.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Apr 2024 |title=Fongo App - removing my “permanent ads removal” purchase |url=https://forums.redflagdeals.com/fongo-app-removing-my-c-permanent-ads-removal-c-purchase-2686747/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 Mar 2025 |website=RedFlagDeals}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheppard |first=Tom |date=10 Apr 2024 |title=Turns out that Fongo has joined the enshitification march and ad removal has changed to a subscription service with no notice, no warning in the update release notes, and no grandfathering existing customers. Are there any decent companies left? |url=https://twit.social/@TWSheppard/112243898338314374 |url-status=live |access-date=29 Mar 2025 |website=Mastodon}}</ref> | |||
|[[Fongo changes purchased Lifetime Ad Removal to Monthly Subscription]] | |||
[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model.]] | |||
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