this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2024
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Fuck Subscriptions

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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:

Right to Repair/Ownership

Hedges Development

Privacy

Privacy Guides

DeGoogle Yourself

F-Droid

Stallman Was Right

Some other useful links:

FreeMediaHeckYeah

Louis Rossman's YouTube channel

Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:

Piped

Invidious

Nitter

Teddit

 

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Agreed.

I spent the last month converting all of my Spotify likes to MP3 files and ended my subscription in Mid-June.

Their greedy, shrinkflating, enshittifying asshole CEO can go fuck himself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How would one go about this? So I can avoid doing it accidentally, of course.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'm not advising that you do this, but I've read that there are tools on the Internet for converting Youtube links into MP3 files, and even better, I've read that the quality is a jump up from what Spotify streams to your device.

Interesting reading.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How much did the artists get when you downloaded the MP3s?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

0 dollars and 0 cents

How much did the artists get when you streamed the music?

Maybe a couple cents. Not that much different