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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Yeah, one of the statements "If you're not paying with cash, you're paying with attention, time, and/or privacy" I found to no longer be relevant.
Doesn't matter if you spend thousands whether it be a video card or even a tesla. Telemetry to collect data has become a standard with the normalization of everyone being the product regardless of price tier for lot of services and products.
And for YouTube type services seems even more so with the service requiring being logged into an account so along with payment information it leading to much more account specific data collection. The YouTube workarounds actually do more to try to disassociate usage data than the official paid products do.
Also, for those who feel like reading the video transcript than sitting through 10+ minutes
https://youtubetranscript.com/?v=jneVrkgbG4o