this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2024
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Fuck Subscriptions

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Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.

Expect use of strong language.

Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.

No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.

Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.

New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.

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Some other groovy communities for those who wish to own their products, their data and their life:

Right to Repair/Ownership

Hedges Development

Privacy

Privacy Guides

DeGoogle Yourself

F-Droid

Stallman Was Right

Some other useful links:

FreeMediaHeckYeah

Louis Rossman's YouTube channel

Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:

Piped

Invidious

Nitter

Teddit

 

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 74 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Wow, that's hot trash. Imagine subtitles on movies and TV being stuck behind a paywall.

[–] ma11en@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

"Let's run ads to announce it!"

[–] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

shhh don't give them ideas jesus what are you doing

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I mean, technically a lot of them are, you can't see subtitles for most movies without paying to see the movie, same with any TV show you can't watch with just an antenna.

[–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Look, they don't need your help in implementing bad ideas. Please stop assisting them... For all our mental health.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

If they were guaranteed to be the correct subtitles for the show I might not be as mad about it (as I would be if they moved the current system behind a paywall)