Service siphoning

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Service siphoning is a common practice where licences for products get terminated or changed after purchase.

How it works

The company sells the license to a product digitally and changes it after purchase to a different license. For example, this could be a lifetime license becoming a 5 year license, or a 5 year license becoming a 2 year license.

Why it is a problem

This means that the consumer won't be able to use the license for as long as they wanted to and also meaning they will need to buy a new license to keep using it after that time has passed.

Examples

Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses

Main article: Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses

Pluralsight terminated lifetime licenses.