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VPN firm says it didn't know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpn-firm-says-it-didnt-know-customers-had-lifetime-subscriptions-cancels-them/
11•ajdude•5h ago

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jqpabc123•5h ago
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

     Lifetime subscriptions that get canceled.

     Unlimited data plans that are really limited.

     Unlimited storage that is actually limited.

     Perpetual software licenses that are no longer supported.

     "Free" software licenses with no support of any kind whatsoever.
eynsham•22m ago
I don’t see how free software licences ‘sound too good to be true’, in that they don’t even sound relevantly good: they don’t suggest in the slightest that support will be available.
gnabgib•4h ago
Small discussion (17 points, 11 days ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43865593
Havoc•3h ago
Lifetime VPN is roughly on par with Nigerian princes on credibility.

This isn't even the only one that went down like this on stacksocial. Got scammed by a different one (forgot name). Lifetime somehow turned into $1 a month

YaBa•3h ago
I was one of the affected customers, guy offered me 2 years subscription at cost zero, it's something, but I will never trust this company again, neither lifetime subscriptions.

Same with web hosting, nice 30 bucks deal some years ago, ended this year, saying they cannoy support the costs anymore, wow, who would guess that a business is not profitable when you give stuff away.

b3ing•3h ago
Just like receipts that fade so you can prove that lifetime warranty on items, I guess now you have online and digital receipts but if you buy at the store they fade overtime. Maybe it’s cheap ink or paper but I know how businesses are, they probably do it on purpose
neuralRiot•1h ago
I had a few tools from Bahco, Snap-on and Husky replaced or repaired with no questions asked, I was quite surprised specially with Husky being the Home depot cheap brand. I just make plain-paper copies of the receipts.

Ask HN: AI Founders, how do you handle liability clauses?

1•midgard27•1m ago•0 comments

Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice

https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/
1•hydrolox•1m ago•0 comments

Dusk OS C Compiler

https://git.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos/tree/master/item/fs/doc/comp/c.txt?__goaway_challenge=js-refresh&__goaway_id=09245079d4cf1efcea00bf4a44558faf&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fduskos.org%2F
1•doener•2m ago•0 comments

Google might replace the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button with AI Mode

https://www.theverge.com/news/665560/google-search-ai-mode-feeling-lucky-tests
1•mfiguiere•5m ago•0 comments

Ferroid: High-Throughput Snowflake-Like ID Generator in Rust

https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1klkd7z/ferroid_a_customizable_snowflakestyle_id/
1•s0l0ist•6m ago•0 comments

Binary Formats Are Better Than JSON in Browsers

https://adamfaulkner.github.io/binary_formats_are_better_than_json_in_browsers.html
1•adamkf•6m ago•0 comments

China's AI-powered humanoid robots aim to transform manufacturing

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-ai-powered-humanoid-robots-aim-transform-manufacturing-2025-05-13/
1•gray_amps•6m ago•0 comments

Saudi Arabia's Humain Partners with Nvidia on AI Goals as Trump Visits

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-partners-with-nvidia-spur-ai-goals-trump-visits-2025-05-13/
1•bit_qntum•7m ago•0 comments

Nvidia CEO's net worth nears $120B as shares surge on Saudi chip deal

https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-ceos-net-worth-nears-120-billion-shares-surge-saudi-chip-deal-2025-05-13/
1•byte-bolter•8m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What's your best "data to wisdom" hack for SaaS?

2•korky•8m ago•0 comments

Flattening Rust's Learning Curve

https://corrode.dev/blog/flattening-rusts-learning-curve/
1•birdculture•11m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Economists, what's your opinion on US tariffs?

3•pinkmuffinere•15m ago•1 comments

Trakt: Upcoming VIP Renewal Pricing Changes – Effective May 20, 2025

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/upcoming-vip-renewal-pricing-changes-effective-may-20-2025/56649
1•27stkt6s•18m ago•0 comments

The Rise of Vibe Coding

https://www.haydenbleasel.com/blog/vibecoding
1•fmerian•18m ago•0 comments

Forgetting Is the Friend of Learning

https://deliramente.com.br/posts/Forgetting-is-the-friend-of-learning
1•Dnllira•19m ago•1 comments

Student Loan Delinquencies Are Back and Credit Scores Take a Tumble

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/05/student-loan-delinquencies-are-back-and-credit-scores-take-a-tumble/
3•jnord•20m ago•0 comments

US District Ct. for W. Pa. allows removal of Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act [pdf]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.pawd.318716/gov.uscourts.pawd.318716.72.0_4.pdf
3•treetalker•20m ago•1 comments

Type-Constrained Code Generation with Language Models

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09246
2•tough•21m ago•0 comments

Eliminating Array Bounds Checks

https://www.romainguy.dev/posts/2025/eliminating-array-bounds-checks/
1•mfiguiere•24m ago•0 comments

How (memory) safe is Zig?

https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/how-safe-is-zig/
1•vortex_ape•25m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Relational DB to Graph DB?

1•mysteriousBag•25m ago•0 comments

The Colorless Man (Short Film Made with a $600 Budget)

https://old.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1kls7kl/the_colorless_man_short_film_made_with_a_600/
1•rubslopes•25m ago•0 comments

Preview release of ty, a type checker for Python

https://twitter.com/charliermarsh/status/1922333022658978089
2•jez•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Simple AI-powered commit msgs script

https://tomdekan.com/articles/ai-commit-messages
1•tomdekan•34m ago•0 comments

OpenAI Is in Talks to Acquire Programming Tool Windsurf for $3B

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/technology/openai-windsurf-talks.html
1•donohoe•39m ago•1 comments

Y Combinator says Google is a monopolist, no comment about its OpenAI ties

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/y-combinator-says-google-is-a-monopolist-that-has-stunted-the-startup-ecosystem/
22•mastazi•39m ago•1 comments

Consultant Means Nothing (and Everything) – breaking down the mess of labels

https://davidraistrick.com/blog/2025-05-13-consultant-means-nothing/
1•keen99•43m ago•1 comments

The Vibes

https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2025/05/13/2230
1•rcarmo•43m ago•0 comments

Florida Ban on "… Lewd Conduct" … Where Children Are Present Struck Down

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/13/florida-ban-on-depicting-or-simulating-lewd-conduct-in-performances-where-children-are-present-struck-down/
1•treetalker•43m ago•0 comments

The Penultimate Conditional Syntax

https://dotat.at/@/2025-05-13-if-is.html
1•todsacerdoti•44m ago•0 comments