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No, you will not automatically be opted into the new automatically billed model. However, when you choose to ‘renew’ or ‘extend’ your Object Desktop Subscription, automatic billing will be the only option available.

As noted above, while your billing changes to automatic for a Classic Object Desktop Subscription, the characteristics of the subscription type does not.

If my Object Desktop subscription should lapse, will the products included in it continue to function?

For the ‘Classic’ ‘Classic Object Desktop subscription' product, if the subscription lapses, the included software will continue to function at the versions that were available when the subscription lapsed.

For example, if you have Fences 4 installed via a Classic Object Desktop subscription on December 2023, your Classic Object Desktop Subscription lapses in January 2024, your installation of Fences 4 will continue to function forever.

Any NEW (non-Classic) Object Desktop Subscription purchased after May 2023 will see the software cease to function if the subscription is allowed to lapse. ‘New’ in this example means it has never been on the account prior, that it is a brand NEW license, not a ‘Renewed’ Classic license.

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It renews at the price it was sold. Thus, if you renewed at $29.99, it would stay that way. 

Can I Renew any type of Object Desktop subscription and immediately disable the auto-billing of it.

Yes. Please see: Managing Stardock Subscriptions

If I ‘Renew’, my Object Desktop subscription, and subsequently disable the auto-billing, will I lose any access to any software included in any type of Object Desktop subscription?

No. Turning off auto-billing just disables automatic payments for keeping the subscription current.

If my OD subscription has lapsed, and I renew it, will I be issued a new OD key?

No. Your initial OD Object Desktop key will again be active and what is used for activating the products in the OD Object Desktop suite.

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