this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
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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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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/34997955

wow.. OS Subcription-Based with AI?

you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy

I'm glad I already moved to Linux for 2 years

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If its fully modular. I would remove the subscription and ai modules please

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

it's "fully modular" as in you can remove notepad (but not ms edge)

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Insert "so that was a fucking lie.webp"

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

i was being cheeky, making fun of how they do it in 10 and 11. i don't know what modular actually means here.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Oh for sure I was too. But microslop is all lies