• x00z@lemmy.world
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    12 hours 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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      11 hours 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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        11 hours 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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            3 hours ago

            The people operating the company do not deserve to run it. Maybe they should declare bankruptcy and let somebody who will honor the contracts buy it.

            Allowing this kind of anti-consumer behaviour just allows them to juggle the company around to get out of contracts.

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                23 minutes ago

                Yes I think they should just honor the contracts and make a tiny bit less profit.

                They could even just add some sane limits if those were not present yet.

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                  13 minutes ago

                  You have no idea about why they sold or how the financials of the business were.

                  Of the contracts stated that the offer could be changed at the company’s choosing, are you ok with it then?