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nightfly | 3 months ago

If you bought something from a physical store and lose it doesn't entitle you to go get another one for free...

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gruez|3 months ago

But we're not discussing an item from a physical store? We're discussing software sold online.

Brian_K_White|3 months ago

Why do you think there is any difference? Did servers and backups and data centers and electricity and cooling and ups batteries and generators and facility operators and banwidth all become free while I wasn't looking?

ryanmcbride|3 months ago

That's the difference between a license and a product my friend

nothrabannosir|3 months ago

Exactly. OP bought a lifetime license but expects a lifetime product.

fuzzy_biscuit|3 months ago

If you bought a license from a physical store - depending on the language of that license - yes, it would entitle you.

op00to|3 months ago

I bought a Windows license from a university book store. I can download copies of Windows all day if I want.

Brian_K_White|3 months ago

So what? So MS happens to feel like providing distribution servers. That has no bearing on anyone else.