Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here's Why They're Everywhere Now.
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Everything is a subscription now — your printer, your refrigerator, even your car. It’s all just another way for greedy corporate execs to rake in profits. Y...
    • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I get the sentiment but this is not really an option most of the time if you want to stick with lawful methods. For instance, I cannot watch most movies or TV series these days without a subscription to some service.

        • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Uh, how? I mean you’d need to make it legal I feel like. But that’s never going to happen and I honestly don’t think that’s fair either. If piracy is legal, how would content creators actually be paid?

    • pinkystew@reddthat.comEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I’m not OP but I think it means “Providers are saying consumers should accept subscription-based models without complaint”

  • demesisx@infosec.pubBanned from communityEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Vote with your wallet. Boycott rent seeking companies that lock away their IP and charge money for access to it.

    For example, FOR ADOBE TO DESERVE MY MONEY EVERY MONTH, 100% OF THEIR TECHNOLOGIES SHOULD BE OPEN SOURCE.

    The only rent I happily pay for is a good VPN.