The Guardian: Money for Nothing

“Austelle describes herself as ‘a frequent internet user’ who
checks her email daily, participates in forums, and has multiple
online accounts. But that did not stop her falling for a new
loophole by which sites provide software that’s available free
elsewhere–and charge for ‘support’ that may be limited or even
nonexistent.

“Austelle paid a website $33.90 [€28.43/£19.37] for
the Limewire peer-to-peer (P2P) client–which is available free
from sites such as limewire.com. She found the fee-charging site
after searching for file downloads in a search engine…”

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