Fuck Subscriptions
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.
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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:
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Louis Rossman's YouTube channel
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Where do you propose I buy critical enterprise software instead? I swear, children should not be allowed online.
1: Reevaluate which software is "critical" to your enterprise.
2: Use open source when possible.
3: If it truly is "critical" and there's no other alternative that can do what you need, then sure. "Buy" it, I guess. (Actually, rent a license for it, lol.) That may make financial sense if you're using that software to make more money than the software costs. I'm not your supervisor, and I'm not your mommy. You can do what you want.
But I can't spend money on that. How am I supposed to respect it? Who do I blame when something goes wrong?
That's a risk management problem.
One of the problems of FOSS is that they offer no warranty. Which big companies don't like.
Some FOSS products do offer a paid alternative license that offers support and warranty.
But if they don't, you have to do the risk management. What are the chances of the risk occurring? And what would be the impact?
The risks of office software risk are not that big though:
The probability of 3 is high, 1 is low, and 2 is very low. The impact of 3 is low, 2 is medium and 1 is high.
If I'm not paying corpodaddy how will I respect software?