Fuck Subscriptions
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:
Some other useful links:
Louis Rossman's YouTube channel
Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:
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Wow, that's hot trash. Imagine subtitles on movies and TV being stuck behind a paywall.
Prime Video - 'hold my hat'
"Let's run ads to announce it!"
shhh don't give them ideas jesus what are you doing
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.
Look, they don't need your help in implementing bad ideas. Please stop assisting them... For all our mental health.
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)