License euthanasia - Revision history

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: Change redirect target

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	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

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Beanie Bo at 15:04, 12 October 2025

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			{{Merge\|Seems to be a special case of modifying license terms after purchase. Could be covered as a subsection of more general article.\|Retroactively amended purchase}}

	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>		“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

Beanie Bo: Merge is complete. Requesting deletion.

2025-10-11T13:12:11Z

Merge is complete. Requesting deletion.

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	{{Merge\|Seems to be a special case of modifying license terms after purchase. Could be covered as a subsection of more general article.\|Retroactively amended purchase}}

	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>		“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

Drakeula: Suggest merge into Retroactively amended purchase

2025-10-11T08:40:50Z

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			{{Merge\|Seems to be a special case of modifying license terms after purchase. Could be covered as a subsection of more general article.\|Retroactively amended purchase}}

	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>		“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

Kostas: Kostas moved page Category:License euthanasia to License euthanasia over a redirect without leaving a redirect: move to proper namespace

2025-01-27T13:31:06Z

Kostas moved page Category:License euthanasia to License euthanasia over a redirect without leaving a redirect: move to proper namespace

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			“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

			<references />

			[[Category:Anti-Consumer_Practices]]
			[[Category:Common terms]]
			[[Category:Rights Stripping]]

CATalyst: CATalyst moved page License euthanasia to Category:License euthanasia: moving to category so we can categorize relevant examples

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CATalyst moved page License euthanasia to Category:License euthanasia: moving to category so we can categorize relevant examples

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	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[~~wikipedia~~:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

	~~<references />~~

	~~[[Category:Anti-Consumer_Practices]]~~
	~~[[Category:Common terms]]~~
	[[Category:~~Rights Stripping~~]]

CATalyst: CATalyst moved page License euthanasia to Category:License euthanasia: moving to category so we can categorize relevant examples

2025-01-27T05:20:10Z

CATalyst moved page License euthanasia to Category:License euthanasia: moving to category so we can categorize relevant examples

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CATalyst at 05:03, 27 January 2025

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CATalyst at 04:54, 27 January 2025

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	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>		“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>

			<references />

			[[Category:Anti_Consumer_Practices]]
	[[Category:Common terms]]		[[Category:Common terms]]
	~~<references />~~		[[Category:Rights Stripping]]

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			{{Merge\|Seems to be a special case of modifying license terms after purchase. Could be covered as a subsection of more general article.\|Retroactively amended purchase}}

	“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>		“License euthanasia” is the practice of revoking perpetual licenses under the pretext that the company is looking out for the user’s best interest by forcing them to update to a later version. This term was coined by consumer-rights advocate [[wikipedia:Louis_Rossmann\|Louis Rossmann]], who observed that [[Final Draft software activation\|Final Draft]]’s description of an older version of its software as being “of advanced age” “made it sound like they’re doing the kind thing” by putting old software out of its misery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV4VDvseIE&t=439s</ref>