Re:ManyCam dishonored my lifetime license
by Kbelicius on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:30AM
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> NFT has entered the chat.
And how would they help in this situation?
In practice after a few months the web server hosting your NFT's image goes down and it's broken.
Re:ManyCam dishonored my lifetime license
by Kbelicius on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:43AM
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Oh I understand that. The server doesn't even need to go down, a specific NFT can simply be blacklisted. I was asking to see if there is something I'm missing.
You missed that the thread OP was trolling.
Re:ManyCam dishonored my lifetime license
by giancarlostoro on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @10:04AM
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I was making a one off joke about how long an NFT theoretically could last (until the blockchain itself dies due to nobody using it, or what have you). The rest of my commentary was quite serious.
Re:ManyCam dishonored my lifetime license
by giancarlostoro on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @10:03AM
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If the NFT is backed by a DApp[0] it should not matter if the regular web server is gone so long as there's fuel to keep the DApp going.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_application
Re:ManyCam dishonored my lifetime license
by giancarlostoro on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:59AM
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Was a joke about how it just sits there doing nothing.
In all seriousness though, I think the only lifetime licenses that come to mind are probably ones like JetBrains and old software where you had the install medium on a disk and a key to install it with and it required no software updates, assuming the software doesn't need the internet to verify, you're pretty much guaranteed what you paid for. Don't you miss lifetime ownership of software licenses? :)