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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No, but I also don't expect that as a user. It is also fine if the developer makes version 2.0 and I can decide to buy the new version or not. Before the internet this was pretty much how it worked, a new version came on a new floppy or disc you'd buy in a store.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Then again, application software wasn't cheap. Given inflation, would you pay a thousand bucks for a lifetime license of a piece of software that didn't get any updates ever?