UltraCode AI brags about burning monthly cash on proctoring accounts: Reminder that operating expense isn't actually a moat

Been reading this:

> UltraCode AI says they burn a chunk of cash every month buying proctoring accounts to test against the latest detection updates

People are being sold this as the company's moat, and it's how they justify the lifetime license with no refunds......take it or leave it. Not the best framing if you want it to work in two years.

I picked up UltraCode for an Amazon virtual loop, encouraged by a post here that called it the only stealth tool that survives proctoring updates.

The proctoring landscape isn't going to stay frozen overnight, in the meantime that monthly burn is just operating cost passed to me through a one time purchase. Maybe a proctoring vendor changes their detection and the cat and mouse loses, maybe the team gets tired of paying that bill themselves, either way I'm sitting on a non refundable license that already feels brittle.
Your own runway is a prep if you're shopping around, don't lock yourself upfront on a moat made of someone else's subscriptions.