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Re:1Password 8 will be subscription only and won’t support l... by WillPostForFood on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:35AM (#28165490)
That's out of context, which the preceding sentence establishes:

>by manipulating the social or political environment in which economic activities occur, rather than by creating new wealth.

Otherwise simply raising the price on something would be rent seeking.

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Re:1Password 8 will be subscription only and won’t support l... by criddell on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:50PM (#28172817)
It's rent seeking because users can't buy the old version with more flexible sync options due to the monopoly granted to the 1Password by copyright.

Raising the price of something certainly can be considered rent seeking.

For example: https://pnhp.org/news/rent-seeking-by-drug-barons/

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