It’s time to re-new my sister’s antivirus subscription. The trap is that they always want you to renew direct online by purchasing software through them; and they promise a big discount. But if you shop around, you can usually buy a product key from a retailer at a fraction of the cost. It’s funny really, because all you’re really buying is a piece of cardboard with a code that the software company have paid to produce. The only real disadvantage is that it takes a bit longer than usual as you have to uninstall their software and re-install the new version. And strangely enough, they also want your credit card information for it to work, even though you’ve already paid for it. But the reason behind this is that they can try and set you up with a subscription to automatically re-new your software next year; while charging you full price of course. But again, this can be disabled by switching your feature off in your account. All it takes is a bit of time. Sometimes I wonder if we even need their software at all. But then again, you’ve got someone to blame if something does go wrong. It’s kind of like insurance for your software.
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