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The new owners mentioned that in the article. They said it would cost more to do than it would to just shut the business down.

What good outcome do you think the lifetime license owners would get in that situation?

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x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I have no idea, but the end users should not get fucked because the new owners didn’t know what they were buying. In many countries it is illegal for the old owners to not let the new owners know of such things.

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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Without being able to offer any idea of a solution though, saying that means nothing. The company either gets shut down and those users get fucked and have no VPN, or the company stays alive and the users have no VPN but have the option to get one again.
  
  The point is there’s no real way the lifetime licenses get honoured.
  
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  - x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Just honor them and take the loss. The new owners did a bad deal. In many countries it would be highly illegal to cancel these contracts while continuing the business. Either liquidate the company or honor the deals. Fuck capitalism.
    
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    FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    So you’d rather they just close the company down, so then no one can use their VPN. Big brain move.
    
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lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I call bullshit. I bet they knew, but saw it as an opportunity for profit and this is all PR spin.

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