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Everything wants me to pay rent (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't mind renting software, if only subscription-based software was such that you only paid the money for the subscription. It would be a fine way of using something for a short term, and a fine way to get some sort of guarantee that the software is maintained.

But you'll also end up paying with your data that they sell out.

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe for the short term, but there is software you use every day, for years. Some android apps I have been using since 2014.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 42 minutes ago

Reverse question: would you maintain a program that you wrote 11 years ago if it wasn't making you money?