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I don't think it disappears - the copy I have will still be on my machine, and free to use as well. Unless they implemented something to remotely delete it?

by Freedom2 11mo ago

candiddevmike 11mo ago
Legally, you can't redistribute it
matwood 11mo ago
Unless you freeze your machine in its current state, software that isn't maintained will eventually stop working.
- Freedom2 11mo ago
  That doesn't mean it disappears though - it still exists, just in a non-working state.
  - t-writescode 11mo ago
    And proton and the community do well to keep old things working. Dosbox is a testament to that.
  - deleted 11mo ago
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- ryandrake 11mo ago
  This is only true for very badly written software, and/or on platforms that maintain very bad backward compatibility. It's not some natural law of software--it's choices that (IMO) bad developers choose to make over and over.
  - pikewood 11mo ago
    This already happened with Affinity Photo v1 on iOS; a lot of functionality did not work after an iOS update. It feels like Apple changed something in their libraries, so it doesn't even matter how robust your software is if the underlying OS doesn't honor compatibility.
    - eldaisfish 11mo ago
      ok, but if you depend on software for work or business, you do not update your OS until you can guarantee and verify that your software will work. The original iOS version worked. Maybe don't update iOS if you want to continue using affinity's software?
      - ryandrake 11mo ago
        The Apple ecosystem, in general, is notorious for this: If you update your OS, some 3rd party applications will suddenly no longer work, because Apple keeps introducing breaking changes. But, if you don't update your software, other 3rd party applications will quickly abandon you and block you from using their software until you update. So, you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Complicating this is: if your hardware is "too old" (as deemed by Apple), you can't update your software, so eventually you're left in the dust. You can't win.
  - TeMPOraL 11mo ago
    Unfortunately there's also security people who work day and night to break old software and hardware that cannot keep up with the latest security standards.
  - kyer-sh 11mo ago
    It’s not just the case of badly written software. It will work until they shut off the license servers. Adobe CS2 is a highly-capable software suite that would happily run on today’s computers. I remember when Adobe shut down the license servers for CS2. They released a version that you didn’t need to activate to assure people that they would still be able to use the software they bought in the future. But then they got tired of hosting the download servers, so they stopped, and that was it.
- tiltowait 11mo ago
  This is how things have worked since programmable software was invented.

I don't think it disappears - the copy I have will still be on my machine, and free to use as well. Unless they implemented something to remotely delete it?

candiddevmike 11mo ago

Legally, you can't redistribute it

matwood 11mo ago

Unless you freeze your machine in its current state, software that isn't maintained will eventually stop working.

Freedom2 11mo ago
That doesn't mean it disappears though - it still exists, just in a non-working state.
- t-writescode 11mo ago
  And proton and the community do well to keep old things working. Dosbox is a testament to that.
- deleted 11mo ago
  [deleted]
ryandrake 11mo ago
This is only true for very badly written software, and/or on platforms that maintain very bad backward compatibility. It's not some natural law of software--it's choices that (IMO) bad developers choose to make over and over.
- pikewood 11mo ago
  This already happened with Affinity Photo v1 on iOS; a lot of functionality did not work after an iOS update. It feels like Apple changed something in their libraries, so it doesn't even matter how robust your software is if the underlying OS doesn't honor compatibility.
  - eldaisfish 11mo ago
    ok, but if you depend on software for work or business, you do not update your OS until you can guarantee and verify that your software will work. The original iOS version worked. Maybe don't update iOS if you want to continue using affinity's software?
    - ryandrake 11mo ago
      The Apple ecosystem, in general, is notorious for this: If you update your OS, some 3rd party applications will suddenly no longer work, because Apple keeps introducing breaking changes. But, if you don't update your software, other 3rd party applications will quickly abandon you and block you from using their software until you update. So, you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Complicating this is: if your hardware is "too old" (as deemed by Apple), you can't update your software, so eventually you're left in the dust. You can't win.
- TeMPOraL 11mo ago
  Unfortunately there's also security people who work day and night to break old software and hardware that cannot keep up with the latest security standards.
- kyer-sh 11mo ago
  It’s not just the case of badly written software. It will work until they shut off the license servers. Adobe CS2 is a highly-capable software suite that would happily run on today’s computers. I remember when Adobe shut down the license servers for CS2. They released a version that you didn’t need to activate to assure people that they would still be able to use the software they bought in the future. But then they got tired of hosting the download servers, so they stopped, and that was it.
tiltowait 11mo ago
This is how things have worked since programmable software was invented.