working for a large optical company over the past few years I've always wondered why no-one brought this up before.
Its a total scam used to fix prices in the market, by essentially preventing a second-hand market. In the optical business they called it a 'right-to-use' license.
To use an anology, it would be like GM or Ford preventing the use of a second-hand vehicle, unless the buyer bought a license...totally wrong in my opinion.
The argument that this is common in the software business is a bit of a fallacy. Routers are appliances...the software isn't interchangeable with other hardware. Its bit like the engine in your GM or Ford car.
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working for a large optical company over the past few years I've always wondered why no-one brought this up before.
Its a total scam used to fix prices in the market, by essentially preventing a second-hand market. In the optical business they called it a 'right-to-use' license.
To use an anology, it would be like GM or Ford preventing the use of a second-hand vehicle, unless the buyer bought a license...totally wrong in my opinion.
The argument that this is common in the software business is a bit of a fallacy. Routers are appliances...the software isn't interchangeable with other hardware. Its bit like the engine in your GM or Ford car.