View example sentences and word forms for Crippleware.
Crippleware
Crippleware meaning
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.
Example sentences (2)
Crippleware main In software, crippleware means that "vital features of the program such as printing or the ability to save files are disabled until the user purchases a registration key".
The distinction between freemium and crippleware is essentially that an unlicensed freemium program has useful functionality, while crippleware demonstrates its potential but is not in itself useful.