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		mikeash on July 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Entitlement and Acquisition Either you buy disposable software, or you buy software that comes with a maintenance guarantee. But to buy the former and pretend it's the latter is bizarre.

slantyyz on July 22, 2012 [–]

And don't forget that maintenance guarantees come with a price.

I don't know of any $10 apps that have that type of guarantee.

mikeash on July 22, 2012 | [–]

Indeed. The very idea that $10 buys a guarantee of years of updates should be absurd on its face.

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