Adobe just made it so their shitty software would quit working if you stopped paying them.
Apple made it so you no longer own the hardware that you buy from them (without jailbreak exploits, which are totes illegal, but also Apple doesn't have any of those because their software is and always has been invulnerable to security breaches).
think sony did it first, though not in this particular way... think they slipped a clause into the EULA for the PS3 (4?) that they retain rights to the physical hardware or some such.
Not really sure if it would hold up in court, but yeah...
I thought it was those pricks at Adobe with their subscription software.
Adobe just made it so their shitty software would quit working if you stopped paying them.
Apple made it so you no longer own the hardware that you buy from them (without jailbreak exploits, which are totes illegal, but also Apple doesn't have any of those because their software is and always has been invulnerable to security breaches).
think sony did it first, though not in this particular way... think they slipped a clause into the EULA for the PS3 (4?) that they retain rights to the physical hardware or some such.
Not really sure if it would hold up in court, but yeah...