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jqpabc123 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: VPN firm says it didn't know customers had lifetim...

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

     Lifetime subscriptions that get canceled.

     Unlimited data plans that are really limited.

     Unlimited storage that is actually limited.

     Perpetual software licenses that are no longer supported.

     "Free" software licenses with no support of any kind whatsoever.

eynsham 7 months ago [–]

I don’t see how free software licences ‘sound too good to be true’, in that they don’t even sound relevantly good: they don’t suggest in the slightest that support will be available.

jqpabc123 7 months ago | [–]

No they don't. But people still expect otherwise.

Software is only "free" (as in beer) if your time has no value.

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