[ale] Is this a good deal ?

[Derek Atkins]

The only lifetime service you get is one that you can run, maintain, and
update on your own servers.  Beyond that, you are at the mercy of the
provider.  And even then, you're still at the mercy of the software
developers, otherwise their software might no longer be upgradeable, at
which point you're stuck running old software until it dies, the hardware
dies, or you decide to migrate to something else (c.f. vmware-server a
decade ago).

-derek

On Fri, November 27, 2020 9:57 am, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
> In general, "lifetime" deals aren't lifetime - they are until the original
> corporation decides to stop it, or gets bought, or the wind shifts.  Look
> at the recent Slingbox service ending
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 9:27 AM Narahari 'n' Savitha via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>
>> https://slickdeals.net/f/14617180-lifetime-plex-pass-for-70
>>
>> Any other alternatives for this ?
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