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You're on a forum called "Hacker News" and you can't think of a single digital good that's not recreational? In any case the biggest examples would be software
by endisneigh 5y ago
You're on a forum called "Hacker News" and you can't think of a single digital good that's not recreational?
In any case the biggest examples would be software.
- pdonis 5y agoAre there any examples of software providers revoking access in this way? (I personally have no experience with such things because I will never use or pay for software that is provided in this way.)
- southerntofu 5y agoWith service providers (eg. Google/Facebook) it happens every day to thousands of people, and there's little to no recourse although there was usually no financial transaction to begin with. With software you setup on your computer, i'm not aware of any instance, BUT subscription models (eg. Adobe) are really recent and not so long ago software vendors did not have the means to disable software remotely on your machine, because it was usually not (always) connected to the network, and because software that didn't need it didn't make useless network connections. I bet in a few years we'll have plenty of documented instances.