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If you bought something from a physical store and lose it doesn't entitle you to go get another one for free...

• gruez 10mo ago
  But we're not discussing an item from a physical store? We're discussing software sold online.
  • Brian_K_White 10mo ago
    Why do you think there is any difference? Did servers and backups and data centers and electricity and cooling and ups batteries and generators and facility operators and banwidth all become free while I wasn't looking?
    • gruez 10mo ago
      They're going to need "servers and backups and data centers and electricity and cooling and ups batteries and generators and facility operators and banwidth" regardless, because they're still selling licenses. The cost of providing downloads to existing owners is marginal.
      • Brian_K_White 10mo ago
        So... they are free or they are not free?
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• ryanmcbride 10mo ago
  That's the difference between a license and a product my friend
  • nothrabannosir 10mo ago
    Exactly. OP bought a lifetime license but expects a lifetime product.
• fuzzy_biscuit 10mo ago
  If you bought a license from a physical store - depending on the language of that license - yes, it would entitle you.
• op00to 10mo ago
  I bought a Windows license from a university book store. I can download copies of Windows all day if I want.
  • Brian_K_White 10mo ago
    So what? So MS happens to feel like providing distribution servers. That has no bearing on anyone else.