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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 20:21:52 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Remember when you could buy a program or outright, like a civilized person? Now, they want you to subscribe to everything yearly or monthly like it's some digital cheese of the month club. "Oh, you want to use the Xyz app today? That'll be $19.99, please." It makes you want to return to typewriters and carrier pigeons. But thanks to open source, we now have some alternatives available. If possible, please use and support these open-source applications. 🥰 #opensource #linux #unix #bsd

   • SouthFresh (southfresh@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 21:54:49 JST SouthFresh

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     @nixCraft I get all of my software from vendors at strip-mall parking lots on Sunday mornings where the vendors set up folding tables and boxes full of 5.25" floppies

   • Josh (joshef@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 22:05:36 JST Josh

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     @nixCraft

     Shoot I remember when people knew what looking at your wrist meant -even if you weren’t wearing a watch.

   • 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦 (methylcobalamin@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 22:09:13 JST 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦

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     @nixCraft I never "buy" anything on a subscription model. So far I have been lucky to be able to do that.

   • Inkican (inkican@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 23:40:12 JST Inkican

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     @nixCraft I'll give you my reply but first, subscribe to my Mastdon Hot Take Platinum Experience - only $3.99 for the first three months!

   • Tara Bethany Allard (tarabitha@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 23:41:14 JST Tara Bethany Allard

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     @nixCraft sorry the carrier pigeons as 24,99 a month to return

   • Pete (philpetree@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 02:31:21 JST Pete

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     @nixCraft The one that kills me is when you buy a new car they want you to subscribe to be able to use your seat warmers!

     How about I bill you for the gas for carrying them around and not being able to use them?

   • toldtheworld (toldtheworld@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 03:22:11 JST toldtheworld

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     @nixCraft the MBA explanation for subscription services is that they smooth out revenue throughout the year; instead of a big jump when you do a release, you have a much more predictable stream. This makes a company less risky to shareholders, so the value of stock increases, which is what corporations are incentivized to do.

     It's not individuals being greedy, it's the rules of the economic system we live in. Want to reduce subscriptions? You have to come up with a better system of incentives.