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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Oct 14, 2021 ^^
Rating : 4.971 (778/105,381 LTDR)
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Remember when you bought software in a box with a license key, installed it, activated it once, and all the developer ever knew about you was that someone had purchased their software at some time in the past, and they left you the fuck alone because you hadn't given them your complete personal credentials and they didn't assume a right to behave like your ongoing business partners just because you bought their product once?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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Teamviewer sent collections after me for $600 for a license I didn't use, they auto-renewed via an evergreen clause that I didn't realize was in place, but my credit card had expired so they couldn't take the money. This was something like 4 or 5+ years ago. TBH I am shocked anyone was still using them in 2021.
They sent collections and it was essentially take the hit on my credit score, or pay for a license on a product for a term I never used it, didn't intend to use, nor want to use. That sort of evergreen clause and enforcement isn't legal in every state, but they knew it was in mine.
They're ghouls and every day that they slide further into obscurity and uselessness is a good day.
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Team viewer hit me with a "we've detected commerical activity on your account" then locked me out for some set amount of time while I was trying to remote into the computer connected to my 3D printer... in the same house. Uninstalled it from all my computers right after that and just jumped to chrome remote desktop. Probably never going back.
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There's a (not so rigorous) psychological term for what TeamViewer did: boundary destroying. They basically ignore and violate all of your interpersonal boundaries despite you explicitly telling them what not to do. If you ever meet a person who does this, do the grey rock technique (give the simplest, least interesting answers possible) until you can disengage and cut them out of your life.
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This subscription based business model is the reason why i go the extra mile for pirated software.
One used to be able to buy a copy of a software and own that copy for life. Now, we have installed software on our machines, occupying valuable memory, that will not work unless your license is up to date.
Again, i will move heaven and earth for a pirated copy rather than a subscription license. And software companies, like autodesk, can bit me for all i care.
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@AuthenTech
2 years ago
"Treating me special, is just another way of saying that you don't treat your customers like you should." š š
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