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Learned the term recently and really enjoy it, subscription fatigue is the feeling we all have had now where we are just over how everything is subscription based.

Which one was the last straw or most annoying/frustrating to you?

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[โ€“] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 146 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This might be a cop-out, but I'm absolutely sick of paying rent, and the open source alternatives aren't great

[โ€“] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

can't you pirate it? (make it your own and become independent from your providers?) Even if sacrificing a couple of features.

[โ€“] oo1@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] oo1@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

i dont know whether to upvote in solidarity, or downvote because it's wrong.

[โ€“] negativenull@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

You wouldn't download a car, would you?

[โ€“] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Subscribing to a worthless landlord eats up 50% of my meager income every month.