NOT getting into an app wart here, but this is just an example.

DS4 came out and you had to buy Autofit.

DS4 Pro came out and Autofit was included.

You didn't get Autofit for free in the Pro version, you paid for it to be included with a serial code.

Some software comes with basic features to use and more advanced when  you pay for the upgrade to those features.

About upgrading and updates, it doesn't take long to update most programs if you want to after you have insatlled and paid for the upgrades.

Any company that deliberatly sets out to bug their software to get you to pay more updates is in the wrong business as customers will soon spread the word about it.

If you have real information about this then you need to get in touch with those in busines to get it stopped.

All the best.

LROG

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