crippleware
1. Software that has some important functionality deliberately
removed, so as to entice potential users to pay for a working
version.
2. (Cambridge) {Guiltware} that exhorts you to donate to some
charity.
Compare {careware}, {nagware}.
3. Hardware deliberately crippled, which can be upgraded to a
more expensive model by a trivial change (e.g. removing a
jumper).
[Example?]
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(1995-05-02)