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PC...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":1},"record":{"topic":"debrid","category":"debrid resale - lifetime deal sold through a bundle marketplace","tier":"resale","per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable to the resale: the single-object cap is the debrid vendor's, not the shop's","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription"},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable to the resale: cached-item retention is the debrid vendor's","days":null,"source_url":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"the shop delivers a voucher code or a login by email; the capacity itself is reached through the debrid vendor's REST API","tooling":"any client that takes the vendor's API key: rclone, JDownloader, Stremio/Torrentio, pyload","chaining":"a resold voucher only changes how the days are paid for; the stack above it is unchanged","limits_note":"","binding_note":null,"confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"the seller's page was read today; a seller is not the vendor, so nothing here is at the documented rung except the vendor terms quoted in evidence","verified_at":"2026-10-23T02:36:18.000Z","slug":"offcloud-lifetime-via-stacksocial","provider":"Offcloud lifetime via StackSocial","url":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription","free_tier":{"stated":"One-off 'lifetime' purchase: US$39.99 and later US$36.19 through StackSocial, and EUR 29.25 on a German deal run posted 2025-09-21 and expired 2025-11-17. PCWorld's shop still lists it as 'Offcloud Lifetime Subscription' with 'Length of access: lifetime'.","unit":"none","metered_on":"none","source_url":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":"the seller is a deal marketplace; the service is Offcloud, which still sells a yearly plan at EUR 40"},"egress":{"terms":"the lifetime SKU's own specs: 'Unlimited remote uploads', '50GB of cloud space', '30GB of monthly quota for premium sources'. The monthly 30 GB is the real ceiling behind the word unlimited.","metered":true,"free_allowance":"30 GB/month of premium-source traffic","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription"},"limits":[{"kind":"write-gated","value":"lifetime converted to a one-year membership in January 2026","source":"https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Free_box/M.1768979304.A.74C.html"},{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"30 GB/month for premium sources","source":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription"},{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"3 IP addresses per licence","source":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription"}],"binding":"write-gated","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"marketplace account plus an Offcloud account; no identity document","country":null},"reliability_note":"Buyers report the lifetime was replaced: 'I purchased this service during their last Lifetime StackSocial sale in October 2025. Today in January 2026, they claim that a member of staff passed and they are changing everything' (2026-01-24); 'given a 1 year free premium. Now my account instead of being a lifetime premium' (2026-02-18). A Taiwanese buyer got the same answer from support on 2026-01-21: the old lifetime is invalid and the compensation is one year. Trustpilot's aggregate is 1.8/5 from 86 reviews.","price_per_tb_month":null,"evidence":[{"url":"https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/offcloud-unlimited-lifetime-subscription","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'Length of access: lifetime', 'Max number of device(s): 3 IP addresses', '50GB of cloud space', '30GB of monthly quota for premium sources'"},{"url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/review/offcloud.com","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the 1.8/5 score from 86 reviews and two dated reports (2026-01-24, 2026-02-18) that lifetime buyers were moved to a one-year or yearly plan"},{"url":"https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Free_box/M.1768979304.A.74C.html","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"2026-01-21 buyer post plus the same-day follow-up quoting support: the new team runs it, the old lifetime is invalid, the compensation is one year"},{"url":"https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/926150","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the US$36.19 StackSocial run, now marked expired and posted about a year before 2026-10-23"},{"url":"https://www.mydealz.de/deals/offcloud-lifetime-abo-multihoster-fur-downloads-streaming-ahnlich-wie-real-debrid-2639003","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the last run: '29,25€', posted 2025-09-21, 'Dieser Deal ist abgelaufen am 17. Nov. 2025'"}],"verdict":"dead","notes":"The clearest dated death: a lifetime debrid bought in October 2025 was converted in January 2026. The vendor did not close, which is worse for the buyer than a closure: the service continues on a plan the buyer did not choose, and Offcloud's terms state no refund is available. Even while it was sold, the 'unlimited' lifetime carried a 30 GB/month premium-source quota. Recorded as the offer's verdict; Offcloud's yearly plan is priced in pricing-history/records/offcloud.json and is not re-recorded here."},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":30,"unit":"GB","per":"month","currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.binding_note","withheld"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}