What does "crippleware" mean?

A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.

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Q: What is a synonym for "crippleware"?

Common synonyms include: business tactic, crippled, demo version, feature-restrictive, licensing practice, limited.

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Noun

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A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program. derogatory, uncountable

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business tactic crippled demo version feature-restrictive licensing practice limited

Antonyms

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full-featured software fully featured fully functional nonrestrictive

Etymology

From cripple + -ware.

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