[nirav72]

Few years ago I bought a drive partition manager tool for windows. I only used it a few times over the years. Recently I installed a new primary drive on my gaming machine. Downloaded the latest binary from the vendors site and tried to put in the license key. Nope, wouldn’t activate. So i contacted their support and their response was that I had to pay the new yearly subscription to use the latest version. So I asked if they had the installation binaries for the version I had originally purchased which did not require annual subscription. Their response, “they no longer provide install files for the non-subscription version.” If i can find the original installer somewhere , they will activate the license as a one time courtesy.

There is absolutely no way I’m going to pay an annual subscription for software that I do not use often or everyday.

[nunez]

This is a perfect example of subscription abuse! It costs that company nothing (except storage, which is cheap) to host old binaries for those that have licenses, even privately (for people who can prove their purchase). They don't even have to support the outdated software. They're just being greedy.