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:
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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Why I think companies should be required to uphold certain standards of service? What, have you never left a negative review?
No, why you think "providing a service you make money from, er, "for free," means you get to do whatever you want."
Oh, that's easy. I don't think that.
I don't think that providing a financially viable "for free" service means you get to do whatever you want. That's why I prefaced that with "I didn't know." Glad I could help.
That has next to nothing to do with the discussion at hand, but thanks for sharing, I guess?
Yes it does. You just don't believe in supporting people.
I have the extraordinary difficulty here of explaining color to a blind man.
Yet all you're doing here is putting words in my mouth.