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Denis
@zwindler.fr

"They came up with a creative workaround: abusing our 30-day trial (initially 15 days until recently), over and over again. It all started back in April 2015 — yes, a full decade ago." What the actual f? (From @vates.bsky.social) virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...

virtualize.shGround control to Major TrialWhen a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.

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Denis
@zwindler.fr

I'm not saying I have never abused a trial. On expansive proprietary software I couldn't afford as a hobbyist (*cough* VMware *cough*), and only a few times with 2 emails. I've seen my share of stinginess in the large retailers industry but those guys are at another level completely