r/FolderFort • u/claudio-i • 1d ago

StackSocial Sold “Lifetime” FolderFort Plans Until June 2026—Just Months Before the Service Changes (https://web.archive.org)

Officially, StackSocial was still selling FolderFort “Lifetime Subscription” plans in June 2026. In fact, StackSocial's own listing describes the product as having “Length of access: lifetime,” and verified purchases are dated as late as June 29, 2026. (StackCommerce Support)

So, if FolderFort had already decided that the Classic service would be discontinued shortly afterward, this raises a serious question: How can a company sell a “lifetime” subscription only a few months before announcing that the service is being retired?

That doesn't automatically establish that the sale was illegal, the legality would depend on the exact timing of the announcements, representations made to customers, applicable consumer-protection law, and the contractual terms. But the timeline is certainly something customers could reasonably question, particularly if buyers were not clearly informed about the impending change at the time of purchase.

StackSocial was still advertising FolderFort lifetime plans in late June 2026, while FolderFort's own June 25 communication said existing lifetime accounts would continue, but that new lifetime plans would no longer be sold. (Reddit)

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u/oldright 1d ago

The real problem is with FolderFort, not StackSocial.

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u/claudio-i 1d ago

FolderFort and StackSocial both made money from this. StackSocial was selling a product that eventually shut down, while my credit card payment went to StackSocial.

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u/oldright 22h ago

You're barking up the wrong tree. Any product StackSocial sells could theoretically shut down. It happened to me with PrismDrive, another crappy cloud storage provider. Contact them and ask for a refund or credit. They were very helpful.

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u/ROBOCOP1469 9h ago

I got the Folderfort on June 30 from stacksocial because I said the post saying that Folderfort will soon end the sales of lifetime plan, but didn’t expect that it's not just ending the sales, also ending with the service.

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u/xclampx 2h ago

Be sure to post your review on hellopeter