Service Siphoning

Amazon PhotosPlus was a subscription-based service that offered users the ability to display their chosen photos on their devices as the "primary content." Additionally, it provided 25 GB of Amazon…

Anova Culinary, registered as Anova Applied Electronics, Inc., began charging new users $1.99 per month to use its companion app in August 2024, converting a feature that had been free for ten years…

Anova Culinary began charging new users $1.99 per month or $9.99 per year to use the app that controls its sous vide cookers and ovens on August 21, 2024, converting remote control and recipe…

The CEO of FreePhoneLine , owned and run by Fongo, sponsored by DELL, has decided to change the terms of service of their "LIFETIME VoIP" license, taking it away from the people who purchased it and…

In 2019, Mazda introduced Mazda Connected Services, a feature enabling remote start and other functionalities through the MyMazda smartphone app. In 2021, Mazda quietly removed remote start…

mIRC is an IRC client for Microsoft Windows developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey.

Peloton, a wellness technology company, faced widespread criticism after removing the "Just Run" feature from its Tread and Tread+ treadmills, making it accessible only through a paid subscription…

Pluralsight, a popular platform for professional development and technology education, has sparked controversy by revoking lifetime licenses previously sold to users of its A Cloud Guru (ACG)…

Podkicker is an Android podcast manager and player. The non-pro version was available free in the Android app store from 2013, with the Pro version Podkicker Pro purchasable for a fixed price. The…

On 14 January 2026, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on X that the company would stop offering its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) (FSD) driver-assistance software as a one-time purchase and would…

In the U.K., Volkswagen equips the ID.3 with a 228bhp engine, then requires customers to pay a subscription to unlock the full performance of the vehicle they've already purchased.