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:
the internet was ruined the moment it went mainstream.
as soon as it ceased to be that cool thing for nerds, ruled by passions and interests, and went mainstream with targeted content and profiteering, it lost its magic.
and everything since then have just been increasing horrific layers on the shit cake.
Kinda works for everything, IMO, but perhaps that's the hipster in me.
How YouTube links instead of articles ruined social media - By Me
10 minutes of waffling and filler then one minutes-worth of info buried in there somewhere
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Why on youtube? 😓 It's like driving a hummer with bumper stickers saying you hate big oil.
Ah, just run things through a pi-hole, run sponsorblock, and it's only costing youtube for you to watch it. I enjoy costing them.