That’s false. If you have a custom role created with access control, then disabling the premium plugin automatically makes all that information available to the public. That’s just one example but there are probably others. This means that users are locked into your subscription or they risk exposing all private wholesale information to the public.
Locking the owner of the plugin from accessing information may be in violation of various state or country laws as well including GDPR or specific US laws like those in California.
Finally, it’s a terrible business practice and one that’s widely despised, especially when almost every WordPress plugin currently in existence doesn’t follow this practice.
I know this review is listed on the Free plugin, but it’s mostly a warning not to waste money on the premium versions for anybody that might be looking since you’ll be stuck in a predatory business model.
