Corps figured out sustained income was better than marketing and making products. All they had to do was take away every digital product and turn it into a subscription.
Then they'll buy each other up until they are an effective monopoly and raise prices forever.
I don't see a way out of this for products already captured if you need them.
I don’t see a way out
Free software exists. And if you have any power over a non-small organization, it's also something you can help improve to fit your needs.
I think we are seeing that gigantic companies made out of other companies don't function well. People move on eventually
Business 1: but it's only $18.99/month!
Business 2: but it's only $13.99/month!
Business 3: but it's only $25.99/month!
Business 4: but it's only $10.99/month!
Business 5: but it's only $35.99/month!
Business 6: but it's only $14.99/month!
Business 7: but it's only $55.99/month!
Me: ...Yeah everybody, that's the issue.
Gave me some high school flashbacks there. "But it's only 5 pages...", yea, 5 pages from everyone.
🏴☠️🦜 THE ONEPIECE IS REAL!!
All the logos over his face makes him look like a rainbow eldritch horror when I see him in my periphery.
Buy yourself a NAS, you’ll thank me later
I have done that a week ago, put Immich on it and planning on other services to degoogle myself. Now i have 6tb of space for my photos, for "free". Minus the initial investment but that should pay itself in few years.
I've never heard of nvidia doing subscriptions?
I guess it's Geforce Now
Or Xiaomi
I was thinking Intel.
https://www.hpcwire.com/2023/01/11/intels-rental-service-on-chips-could-face-buyer-backlash/ Not a subscription yet
Maybe a bit controversial but I am fine with business products being subscription based as their income depend on it and they get priority support quite often. I work with SAP products so that's what I am basing it on. Kinda same feeling for something like adobe commercial licences but the problem is with the extremely high cost, hidden fees and other shenanigans. The only subscription that I have is Tuta and Addy which I find reasonable. I would probably be getting a subscription for music and videos as well if any of them were actually good, reasonably priced and somewhat ethical for business standards.
I work with SAP products
I'm so, so sorry.
I got roped into it without consent :(
SAP is crazy expensive and dog shit slow.
Yay, a likeminded person!
For Microsoft I fully understand that they’d rather have a subscription model for Windows. After all you’re getting updates every fortnight and critical patches ASAP. I wonder they let you buy their shit for so long.
Just in case someone brings it up—and someone will bring it up regardless—: I’m not defending their recent enshittification and “always online” mindset.
