I decided to buy a WinRAR license but before I made my purchase, I emailed
[email protected] if they still offer lifetime upgrades. Here is the reply :
"Thank you for contacting WinRAR!
It has always been our policy to offer our licensed private users free
upgrades. There is no indication this policy will change in the
future."
So I bought it, but when I tried to register WinRAR 4.10 Beta 5 with the attached registration file, the registration failed. I emailed support immediately and this is the reply :
"Hello,
this 'version specific' license needs WinRAR 4.01 to run.
It will not accept any newer version of RAR / WinRAR.
If not already done, download and install WinRAR 4.01"
What??? It doesn't look like lifetime upgrades license to me. Not register, even on the same major version. I demand my lifetime license, but two days have passed and still no response. Now I'm thinking to claim a refund with Paypal.
I still believe in lifetime licenses, I have those from PowerArchiver, TrueLaunchBar, Axialis and recently Listary Pro.
WinRAR? Never again.