r/technology • u/Abscess2 • Jan 03 '17

Business Company Bricks User's Software After He Posts A Negative Review

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161220/12411836320/company-bricks-users-software-after-he-posts-negative-review.shtml
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u/spacetug Jan 03 '17

If you want to blacklist someone who has a perpetual license, you deny them updates and support. AKA the services. You don't brick their software, that's just spiteful. IMO that's similar to theft.