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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

VPNSecure Lifetime Subscriptions: Now You Didn’t License What You Licensed, Either

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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We’ve talked about how, in the digital space at least, the concept of “ownership” has undergone a massive philisophical shift. It used to be that you would go out somewhere, buy a…
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    This reminds me of a Puffin browser Pro that used cloud resource to render contents on the phone. It was super fast and isolated from the OS, making it secure. It was a one time purchase with a free version with ads/limited features.

    Then one day, the dev decided there were too many pirates and google wasn’t reliable to check licenses. Then shut down the pro version and started charging a subscription. And started doubling down and insulting users calling them pirates and such.

    Now that their ratings have tanked, I sometimes go back and watch the reviews for the exchange for some laughs.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffinIncognito

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffinFree

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