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Brave is charging $60 for a version of its browser that removes the features you probably never wanted (www.techspot.com)
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[–] KraeuterRoy@feddit.org 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Gonna call it now: that 60 quid 'one time' purchase is not gonna be the end of it.

In, at most, a couple of years, one of these things will happen:

  • the model will be switched to a monthly subscription
  • features will be cut and sold separately
  • 'limited, non-targeted' ads 'from trusted partners' will be introduced
  • the thing will be buried completely because it's not financially viable
[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Don't forget the "major" version increment that breaks "lifetime".

  • Oh, you're mistaken. The license is for the lifetime of version 32. To use version 33 you must upgrade. But no rush, you have until version 33.1 before we activate the kill switch.
[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Or they rebrand it, and pull the "lifetime is only to the end of the product lifetime" trick.