arlinsandbulte Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Is there a way to opt out of the 30-day pro trial in sync 2.0?I'd like to evaluate the FREE version of Sync, but the Pro Trial makes that really difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 @arlinsandbulteMove the time forward on your PC to emulate license expiration. Make sure to do it on all peers involved. Make sure you are working ONLY to test files as they are going to receive new timestamps which are not going to be valid when you return the time back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorLoco Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I hope there are plans for a new version in the very near future that will allow us to choose just the free version without going through that mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlinsandbulte Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I tried this, but when I moved time back to the correct time, the pro trial features came back too. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjluoma Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 @arlinsandbulteMove the time forward on your PC to emulate license expiration. Make sure to do it on all peers involved. Make sure you are working ONLY to test files as they are going to receive new timestamps which are not going to be valid when you return the time back to normal. That is, by far, the least-elegant workaround I have heard in a long-time. Coming in as a close second is the process required to move a 1.4 BTSync folder to 2.0. Not a great job, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_milagro Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 @arlinsandbulteMove the time forward on your PC to emulate license expiration. Make sure to do it on all peers involved. Make sure you are working ONLY to test files as they are going to receive new timestamps which are not going to be valid when you return the time back to normal.This is not reasonable. Please release an update that has a proper opt-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smajor Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Given how they've handled the situation so far, I wouldn't be surprised if they intentionally made it so you can't opt out. An average user will start to depending on a "Pro" feature, thinking it is part of the free version, and then after 30 days they get the rug yanked out from under them. "Oops, sorry to hear you were using that, sounds like the Pro version is what you're looking for." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 This is the only way to test I can share at the moment. @el_milagroI'll check we can do something to check it easier @smajorDon't make yet another conspiracy theory. It is just out of design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorLoco Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Any update on this or are we just suppose to wait for the trial to run out (if I even give it that long)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexter Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 This is the only way to test I can share at the moment. @el_milagroI'll check we can do something to check it easier @smajorDon't make yet another conspiracy theory. It is just out of design. It's not "just out of design" though. It's now a product you want us to pay for. And you're not giving us a reasonable way to evaluate it. If you expect money out of us, don't use this excuse. Perhaps I misunderstand your usage of the word "conspiracy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorLoco Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 If you don't plan on giving users a way to skip the trial and just use the free version just let us know. As I've mentioned in other threads I have no intention of using the Pro version based on the current subscription model and would like to use the free version, but waiting 30 days to get the free version is ridiculous and something I won't do especially each time I add BTSync to a new system. I've been happy with BTSync for almost 2 years (member here since June 2013), I've recommended BTSync to many family members and friend and really don't want to switch to something else but I've already started looking elsewhere because I feel like my hand is being forced. Now everyone gets why you have it setup the way you do....get people hooked on the Pro version during the trial in hopes they'll subscribe, but unless you offer a 1 time purchase I will never subscribe to the Pro version. So again....PLEASE just let us know if you ever plan on allowing users to go straight to the free version or if the forced Pro trial is the only option. Thanks you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorLoco Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Since it doesn't seem like you plan on offering a solution, I will. If you find and delete the file license.bin and then start BTSync you'll be on the free version instead of the trial. I've tested this both on the Mac and Linux version of BTSync and it has worked fine. Hopefully this helps someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexter Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Since it doesn't seem like you plan on offering a solution, I will. If you find and delete the file license.bin and then start BTSync you'll be on the free version instead of the trial. I've tested this both on the Mac and Linux version of BTSync and it has worked fine. Hopefully this helps someone.THANK YOU! It turns out that the free version is actually a little worse than I expected. I had hoped you could at least turn folders off and on without removing them entirely. Doesn't appear to be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlinsandbulte Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Thanks,This seems to have worked for me on Windows.I found the license file in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\BitTorrent Sync\License\875\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citronbleu Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks SenorLoco, it's works for me too ! Stored on /Users/<me>/Library/Application Support/BitTorrent Sync/License/189xxx, v2.0.93 / Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOMalt Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I would like to also express my annoyance with Bittorrent for forcing us into a free trial to try to get us dependent on pro features. It's super shady and lame. Anyways, it took me forever to find it on Linux, but for Linux the license.bin is located in /var/lib/btsync/License/somenumbers/license.bin now I just need to remember the command to restart btsync daemon... And a big ol' screw you to bittorrent for doing this. If you don't want it to be free, don't make it be free. If you do, then don't act like a drug dealer, trying to get less savvy users tricked into paying... I'm ok with offering "pro" service, but don't force me to use it the features in a trial state with no option to just skip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-foka Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Well... I was able to trick it on osx, by enabling and using the webkit inspector to switch from the pro offer page to the next one. You have to enter the following command in the terminal first:defaults write -g WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true Then right click on sync and select inspect element.. I can't remember exactly what I messed with the page, I will install it on a new machine and post the details.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-foka Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Ok, so it did not work... the license created anyway... But deleting the license.bin file from ~/Library/Application Support/Bittorrent Sync/License/1 did the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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