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It’s just a money grab for anyone who will fall for it. 100 years is long enough that the consequences of failure are nil. Nobody who is pushing this program w
by Waterluvian 3y ago
It’s just a money grab for anyone who will fall for it.
100 years is long enough that the consequences of failure are nil. Nobody who is pushing this program will be alive to deal with any fallout.
It reminds me of the subtle attitude of people making poor engineering decisions because they’ll be long gone by the time payment comes due.
- bartvk 3y agoA money grab from the people of WordPress? The company that has probably done the most for the development of the web? I find it hard to see it that way.
- moralestapia 3y ago> The company that has probably done the most for the development of the web? Lol, excuse me? I know WP is big but take a moment to reflect on that statement, WP is far from that.
- redeeman 3y agothey have atleast ensured a great many people are dealing with regularly patching crap, and taking care of fallout, from what is arguably one of the most insecure piles of garbage EVER WRITTEN
- naillo 3y agoThis feels like bordering on flamebait
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- topato 3y agoI think this is supposed to be sarcastic
- anonzzzies 3y agoAlmost all ‘lifetime subs’ are scams; a company has to be massive to support it and if it doesn’t work out for smaller companies, the consequences don’t matter anyway.
- charles_f 3y agoI took a lifetime VPN sub. It always puzzled me why they'd do that, what with the operational cost. It lasted a bit over 10y, which is still a good deal, but not lifetime.
- devoutsalsa 3y agoOut of curiosity… does their ULA specify to whom/what “lifetime” refers?
- charles_f 3y agoI'm not sure, but they ended up closing shop.
- joshspankit 3y agoThe underlying answer is that the cost to provide service to an average VPN user is essentially zero
- coffeebeqn 3y agoIt is a lifetime sub! Lifetime of said company
- gochi 3y agoMost companies don't have to go bust to get around lifetime subs, just release a new separate app version or service.
- joekrill 3y agoIt doesn't actually have to be lifetime to be well worth it, though. For services with recurring fees there's obviously a break-even point that's simple to calculate. And often you can expect that recurring fee will increase at some point, so that break-even point will often come sooner than expected. I bought an Emby Premier subscription 8 years ago for $120. You can also pay yearly at $55 dollars. So even if it's not _actually_ a "lifetime" it's been well worth it and pays for itself in a little over two years.
- rhn_mk1 3y agoDoes failing after 10 years count as a failure? Cause living for the next 10 years is not really that difficult, and the relevant people will still likely be around. Sure, the offer might as well be for 90 years, or even 50 years without much practical difference, but if it was a bit more honest and said "50 years", would you still call it a money grab? The fact remains that this will be honored for as long as there are people interested in honoring it. This surely has some value, right?
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoYeah, this is really, really, really dumb. There is no guarantee the USA will be around in 100 years (and honestly right now I wouldn't bet on the "staying around" side), let alone WordPress. I think it should be illegal for companies to make any sort of guarantee like this longer than some specified timespan, backed up by some level of "corporate actuarial analysis" around how likely the company is to exist at the end of the term. Bankruptcies happen all the time and they essentially wipe out the claims of customers.
- 93po 3y agoIt is virtually guaranteed no one will use domain names or web browsers or blogs or websites in 100 years.
- millzlane 3y agoWhat would they use?
- marc_io 3y agoIt will likely exist as a niche thing, but it will be abstracted into an easy-to-use service, much like social media is today.
- nightski 3y agoThose easy to use services use domains and web browsers lol.
- 93po 3y agoProbably a direct brain interface that knows the information the user wants to see without them having to do archaic things like “search” for it.
- joshspankit 3y agoThere are technologies today that have a good chance of making traditional domain names obsolete. IPFS Unstoppable Domains for example.
- wongarsu 3y agoDomain names have existed for about 50 years [1], much longer than web browsers or blogs, so them being around for another 100 doesn't seem like a stretch. But I would agree that their relevance will diminish further. 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20180914182353/https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/elizabeth-feinler https://web.archive.org/web/20180914182353/https://www.inter...
- jauntywundrkind 3y ago