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.
97I 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.
26I think we are seeing that gigantic companies made out of other companies don't function well. People move on eventually
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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.
30Gave me some high school flashbacks there. "But it's only 5 pages...", yea, 5 pages from everyone.
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🏴☠️🦜 THE ONEPIECE IS REAL!!
30All the logos over his face makes him look like a rainbow eldritch horror when I see him in my periphery.
22Permanently Deleted
5I 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.
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I've never heard of nvidia doing subscriptions?
3I guess it's Geforce Now
24GeForce Now.
8Or Xiaomi
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I was thinking Intel.
1https://www.hpcwire.com/2023/01/11/intels-rental-service-on-chips-could-face-buyer-backlash/ Not a subscription yet
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Or Xiaomi
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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.
1I work with SAP products
I'm so, so sorry.
12I got roped into it without consent :(
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SAP is crazy expensive and dog shit slow.
5Yay, 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.
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