VPNSecure’s lifetime plan didn’t survive after new ownership took over. Now customers are hopping mad.
  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    23 days ago

    This is also why if you hit the lottery, you should take the discounted upfront cash payout, and not get it paid in an annual annuity for 20 years. You never know if the government is suddenly going become moral about gambling, and cancel all lottery payments.

    Take the money and run.

    • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Also because that lump sum is all there is. If you take the annuity they put the lump sum into an investment account and then pay you out of the proceeds (from which they take a cut, of course), and you can get the same returns they get, without losing their cut, doing it yourself.