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  1. Consumer rights impact
  2. Types of rights stripping

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Rights stripping is the systematic removal or reduction of consumer rights through agreement modifications.

Consumer rights impact

Types of rights stripping

  • Feature ransom, when features are removed until users accept new agreement modifications
  • Legal lockout, when the legal rights, and access to legal remedies, of users are removed by agreement modifications
  • License euthanasia, when lifetime licenses are transferred to a conditional license such as a subscription