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VPNSecure cancels lifetime subscriptions after changing owners

by ndr42 on 5/12/2025, 9:52:59 PM with 4 comments
  • by hn_acker on 5/21/2025, 1:43:59 PM

    I think the way Timothy Geigner described the incident is very fitting [1]:

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

    [1] https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/20/vpnsecure-lifetime-subsc...

  • by GolfPopper on 5/12/2025, 11:18:48 PM

    This seems to be an increasingly popular angle for large corporations.

    Disney tried it with royalties for Star Wars authors not long ago: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sta...

  • by gnabgib on 5/12/2025, 9:54:51 PM

    Small discussion (16 points, 11 days ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43865593

  • by whycome on 5/13/2025, 1:06:25 PM

    > VPNSecure was acquired in 2023, “including the technology, domain, and customer database—but not the liabilities.”

    Can I do this too?