Looks like you are confusing a few things...
There is no "lifetime license" for
DVDFab HD Decryptor. This tool has always been, and still can be downloaded for, free. They also didn't remove anything from it. Their freeware tools (
HD Decryptor and
Passkey Free Edition) have some restrictions, e.g. they only support AACS MKB up to Version 12 and thus are useless for recent releases (which is why I'd call them "crippleware" instead - they are a mere advertisement for their commercial tools).
No, they didn't. Instead, a totally new and entirely different [tm] vendor by the name of
BluFab magically emerged, which offers some tools that look exactly like
DVDFab and can be unlocked with
DVDFab license keys, but lack the ripping functionality and AACS support. Coincidentally, the
BluFab shop is still under construction, so you can't actually buy
BluFab, but only download it.
And that's exactly what they do. The previous domain
dvdfab.com is disabled, but you can get fully functional versions from
dvdfab.cn.
Just in case, if you think anything does no longer work in a current version, you can switch back to a previous one. Original setup packages can be found at their forum or at
oldapps.com.
Can you give a link to that FAQ? Though it might be correct that
AnyDVD is the only serious alternative especially to
HD Decryptor, I've never read any document from
DVDFab that calls AnyDVD by name.