IDM (Internet Download Manager) vs ?

[jelson]

Thank all of you guys for the great feedback!!

BTW, I looked around the IDM website and it seems the license is lifetime (Support | licensing) but Purchase pate says you get all updates for free for 1 year. (Support | licenseing says you get all minor updates until next version #)

So... we'll see what happens in 4 days. Perhaps the license I have behaves differently since it was a promo license. I'll report back what I learn. Thanks again everyone!!!

[Samuel]

Thank all of you guys for the great feedback!!

BTW, I looked around the IDM website and it seems the license is lifetime (Support | licensing) but Purchase pate says you get all updates for free for 1 year. (Support | licenseing says you get all minor updates until next version #)

So... we'll see what happens in 4 days. Perhaps the license I have behaves differently since it was a promo license. I'll report back what I learn. Thanks again everyone!!!

If you've bought IDM, then it'll work for lifetime, but you won't be eligible for free updates/upgrades after 1 year. Without updates and upgrades you can continue to use it. On contrary, if it's a license which you won at a giveaway, then you can neither be entitled for free updates/upgrades nor you can use it after 1 year.

[Alpha]

If you've bought IDM, then it'll work for lifetime, but you won't be eligible for free updates/upgrades after 1 year. Without updates and upgrades you can continue to use it. On contrary, if it's a license which you won at a giveaway, then you can neither be entitled for free updates/upgrades nor you can use it after 1 year.

This is a new thing for me. Are you sure sam??

[Avinash]

This is a new thing for me. Are you sure sam??

I think Sam is right But would love if someone contradict this fact

[Samuel]

This is a new thing for me. Are you sure sam??

Yes Arn. When I asked Tonec during giveaway at TIS, they told me that. Here are few quotes from recent giveaways :

1. You can get an original license key from IDM which has one year validity -

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2. the license expires in one year and is eligible for Free upgrade to all new versions of IDM during one year -

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3. We have ten lifetime licenses for Internet Download Manager to give away. -

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Now, the 1st quote may also mean 1 year validity for free updates, anyway leave it, as it is not clear (infact many bloggers won't talk more about the details of license key). Now, in the 2nd quote you see, that Mayur is telling that the license itself is going to expire. Now, let us come to Ghacks quote. It's not directly agreeing to my statement, but it'll in contrapositive way. Here, Ghacks talks about lifetime licenses, infact you won't find anything like LIFETIME license at the official IDM page. So, Martin should be talking about the usual license keys that are valid for lifetime but are entitled for 1 year free upgrades/updates... (Also, see this

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