TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

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TreeSize这款磁盘空间分析工具最近惹恼了不少老用户：开发商JAM Software宣布，永久许可证用户维护期结束后，不再提供更新和技术支持，除非转为订阅制。虽然个人版永久许可证仍在销售，但仅包含12个月的服务期，过期后想续上就得乖乖付费订阅。更让用户寒心的是，这家公司长期以来的政策是服务期一过，连许可证密钥和旧版本安装包都不给了。这套操作让很多已经花钱买断软件的人感觉被“绑架”——明明拥有使用权，却连基础维护都要再掏钱。对普通用户来说，如果你正在用TreeSize个人版，最好留意一下许可证的维护截止日期，否则可能突然无法获取更新或重装软件。而企业用户受冲击更大，原本买断的授权突然变成“变相年费”，预算和运维计划都得重新调整。这次事件也提醒我们：如今越来越多的软件厂商正悄悄把“买断”变成“订阅”，买软件前务必看清小字里的服务期限条款。

The company behind the disk space analyzer TreeSize has irked some users by no longer offering support or updates for perpetual licenses beyond their maintenance period unless customers subscribe. Further frustration has come from JAM Software's long-standing policy of not providing license keys or installers to TreeSize perpetual license holders after that support period ends. Since 2025, JAM Software has been transitioning most TreeSize editions to subscription models. Today, it sells perpetual licenses only for personal use, which include 12 months of updates, support, and “downloads of older versions, and your license,” plus the option to extend the support period. TreeSize currently has "no plans to discontinue the sale of perpetual licenses for TreeSize Personal," product manager Hendrik Christ told Ars Technica. As perpetual-license maintenance periods expire, customers are discovering that extending support now generally requires subscribing to software they already own the right to use.Read full article Comments