Fuck Subscriptions

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LinkOpensChest_wav , in Exciting news! The free API you were using is no more free!

Any service that is subscription based is dead to me. I've reached my breaking point.

elbarto777 ,

Subscription based services are okay. You pay for water, electricity, maybe a gym membership....

What's not okay is that they paint it as "exciting news!"

Assholes.

teft ,
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Water should not be profit driven.

LinkOpensChest_wav ,

You pay for water, electricity, maybe a gym membership....

I don't think you should have to pay for any of this

elbarto777 ,

Not in 2023, no. True.

too_high_for_this ,

Water and electricity are not subscription based.

RobotToaster , in Exciting news! The free API you were using is no more free!

How the fuck are they "open"?

These guys and ClosedAI should be sued for misleading advertising.

ButtCheekOnAStick ,

Opensubtitles.com API is open and free. They are talking about Opensubtitles.org. People seem to really struggle when it comes to reading that 3rd sentence.

aesthelete , in Linus also rightfully ranting about subscriptions

Will everything be a subscription?! Hopefully not. Like and subscribe.

zigmus64 , in Why is this OK?

Have you thought of not canceling but simply removing your payment method?

abracaDavid ,

I'm my experience a lot of these scammy companies won't let you remove the payment source without cancelling.

BlinkerFluid , in Linus also rightfully ranting about subscriptions

Don't buy it, then.

Nvidia: 😡

Customers: 😡

AMD: 😊

Mwa ,
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How about intel?

OldWoodFrame , in I'm conflicted

Oh this is for people who DISLIKE subscriptions, not people who want to have sex with them?

partial_accumen , in So, about the gym memberships...

Why does a gym require membership/subscription in the first place?

Because its a fantastic source of revenue for the gym where they have lots of people paying for classes and equipment they don't use.

Psythik , in PlayStation Plus prices increasing - remember when deciding whether to sign up for an eternal subscription: The price will go up
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PC gaming FTW. You may pay a little more upfront, but Steam sales and the lack of subscription fees more than makes up for it.

soyagi , in Only Telegram Premium subscribers can protect themselves from unwanted voice messages

No, anyone on Telegram can block incoming calls. Voice messages are different.

_sideffect , in More people can now pay for Meta verified...

Like tinder as well... If you're all tinder gold, NO ONE is tinder gold

Lemmylefty , in But... How do I follow this /c/?
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  1. Create post.
  2. Save post.
  3. Use post to navigate to desired community.

Checkmate, atheists.

dpkonofa , in Affinity Photo: Calling out a hero in this subscription dystopia

I bought the whole suite - Publisher, Designer, and Photo. An amazing deal and all the licenses work on all platforms. Highly recommend, especially if you’re a macOS and iOS user.

JshKlsn ,
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An amazing deal and all the licenses work on all platforms.

By all you mean Windows, MacOS, and iOS.

No Android or Linux support, and no plans for it.

DmMacniel , in Affinity Photo: Calling out a hero in this subscription dystopia

The Affinity Suite (Designer, Photo, Publisher) is pretty great. Whish they had Linux support :(

TempleSquare , in Expected: I cancelled our subscription with HP and they blocked us from being able to use the rest of the ink in our cartridge.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing all the way to the bank with my Brother color laser.

Yes, the printer didn't have a low subsidized price up front. But now I can enjoy big toner cartridges that seem to last forever. And I can use all the knockoff ones I want. And the printer itself is bulletproof.

Huge fan of Brother!

jwagner7813 , in If not a subscription, at least accounts for everything (have you heard of that coffee mug that requires an account and firmware updates?)

If these damned companies would stop relying on this stupid sub model and just offer decent products at a decent price and not worry about neverending growth, this wouldn't be a fucking problem. God I hate the way shit is going.

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