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		tim-- 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FileZilla Pro "Perpetual License" – A Warning to A... Sure, but that is an older Terms and Conditions. It was a perpetual license, not a lifetime license that is sold today. It's like saying you shouldn't purchase Windows 11 because Windows XP no longer gets updates. Well duh! It stopped being supported more than 10 years ago, and Windows 11 is a different license to that of Windows XP. The lifetime license purchased today is not a perpetual license. FileZilla says that it will update it for life. So, respectfully, no, it's not good to warn people about the clause, because people purchasing the product today do not run into this issue.

Dylan16807 21 days ago [–]

It's still the same company behaving badly.

If Microsoft blocked me from installing an obsolete version of windows via the activation servers, it would be reasonable to hold that against them.

It's not about updates, it's about being able to use the original purchase.

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