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I'd say I'd get down voted but no longer on Reddit.
Yes the practice sucks and I hate corporations they all suck and are greedy.
However if I bought a device that requires any kind of digital signature then it's kinda sane deal. I'm not condoning the action but if that business went bust after 10 years there's a chance the product will likely fail after that point.
Yes old games can and are playable decades after they were released but those unfortunately aren't the games we have now. Anything digital can basically stop working without access to it's creator.
10 + years is a long time. Are you up in arms when your phone craps out after 2 years ? Your car stops after 20 ? Your house after 30+ years needs upgraded. New wiring new carpets new roof.
Things degrade. Unless we have open source and a way to keep refreshing the code after new systems come into play.
I disagree with Ubisoft practice but I also understand that after a certain period of time things will no longer work. They won't make money maintaining something so obviously they will void it
Nothing has a lifetime guarantee
...what does that have anything to do with closing accounts? Accounts do not degrade.