That specialstance a panhandler takes on, whether destitute or not, in order to appear more pathetic.
He stood slumped and nearly lifeless at the stoplight with a sad sign in his two grubby hands, but later I saw him walking downtown with some friends, with no hint of the panhandler posture I’d seen earlier.
A software feature that provides little to no value to a user or was a formerly free software feature that now requires a paid subscription in order to access the same software capabilities.
The Twitter blue two factor authentication feature is such a panhandler feature.