I get your complaint, but think about what you are advocating. When you buy a program like Photoshop, it stays on one computer for as long as you own that computer because you want ready access to what Photoshop offers.

But that isn’t the case for PCmover. Once you use it for a few hours (moving files and application from your old computer), you never need to use it again on that computer. You no longer have any need of what PCmover offers you.

If the PCmover license was the same as the Photoshop license, you could pass a copy of PCmover around to everyone you knew – each person only needing to use it for a few hours before passing it on again. You don’t pass a copy of Photoshop around because that would mean you were denying yourself access to Photoshop as long as someone else had it installed on their computer. But not having access to PCmover is pretty much irrelevant once you have transferred your computer. For 60 bucks you could theoretically transfer hundreds or thousands of computers.

Under this model, why would anyone ever buy PCmover. I suppose Laplink could have gone with a service plan. They could allow you unlimited transfers for some period of time. But then they would have to charge more for the software. I’ve used PCmover and I will probably use it the next time I buy a new computer. I thought it was pretty good. But I had no use for it once I was finished transferring my computer. It might be nice to offer PCmover to a friend if they got a new computer. But I don’t want that luxury if it’s only going to cost me more money.