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[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 96 points 4 months ago

Corps figured out sustained income was better than marketing and making products. All they had to do was take away every digital product and turn it into a subscription.

Then they'll buy each other up until they are an effective monopoly and raise prices forever.

I don't see a way out of this for products already captured if you need them.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago

Remember the "Cable Wars" of yore (the 90's)? Guess who's back... back again?

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Shady, is that you?

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

No, the real one is standing up.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Tell some men

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Bill Clinton?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

[intense saxophone solo]

[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Samurai jack?

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

I don’t see a way out

Free software exists. And if you have any power over a non-small organization, it's also something you can help improve to fit your needs.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Problem is, they should realise this only creates a gap for a competitor or even worse (from the companies' perspective) a viable open source project that they'll never be able to compete on price with.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Their solution is to buy them in most cases. It's gets hard to turn down $100M.

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Fork that.

[-] pankuleczkapl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

If the licence is already open source then they can't do shit. Unfortunately, they have other methods of discouraging programmers from working on the project, but ultimately open source will prevail.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago

FOSS

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

for products already captured if you need them.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

The point is to make an alternative product no one can own/ruin.

[-] Arcka@midwest.social 0 points 4 months ago

There is no real need to use captured products though, so OP's question is flawed.

Any desire to use said products (or not) needs to weigh the pros and cons of the captured products vs alternatives.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

I think we are seeing that gigantic companies made out of other companies don't function well. People move on eventually

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Business 1: but it's only $18.99/month!

Business 2: but it's only $13.99/month!

Business 3: but it's only $25.99/month!

Business 4: but it's only $10.99/month!

Business 5: but it's only $35.99/month!

Business 6: but it's only $14.99/month!

Business 7: but it's only $55.99/month!

Me: ...Yeah everybody, that's the issue.

[-] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Gave me some high school flashbacks there. "But it's only 5 pages...", yea, 5 pages from everyone.

[-] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

🏴‍☠️🦜 THE ONEPIECE IS REAL!!

[-] JayDee@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 months ago

All the logos over his face makes him look like a rainbow eldritch horror when I see him in my periphery.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

What's this meme from anyway?

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

Bee movie

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh, I thought maybe it was from that creepy Jehovah's Witness propaganda show, although comparing the mother directly, the meme image is clearly of higher quality.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

No, it's the movie where Jerry Seinfeld is a bee and tries to bang Patrick Warburton's human wife.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Laughable, she's clearly much too old for his taste.

[-] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Okay I'm intrigued, what's the name of this show?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Holy shit, I just watched one at random.

It was about a young JW girl who was depressed because she didn't have any friends at school because she wasn't allowed to join in on things like the science club field trip. She went to her dad for advice and together they studied the bible where she learned that she needs to choose her friends carefully because the followers of Jesus chose their friends poorly and it resulted in Jesus getting murdered. In the end, the young girl decided she didn't want to join the science club because she should only befriend those who bring her closer to Jehovah.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, they're really disturbing. Great instructions on how to fuck up your kid's mental health (as if the world today needs more help with that).

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I've never heard of nvidia doing subscriptions?

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 24 points 4 months ago

I guess it's Geforce Now

[-] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

GeForce Now.

[-] Persen@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Or Xiaomi

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe a bit controversial but I am fine with business products being subscription based as their income depend on it and they get priority support quite often. I work with SAP products so that's what I am basing it on. Kinda same feeling for something like adobe commercial licences but the problem is with the extremely high cost, hidden fees and other shenanigans. The only subscription that I have is Tuta and Addy which I find reasonable. I would probably be getting a subscription for music and videos as well if any of them were actually good, reasonably priced and somewhat ethical for business standards.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I work with SAP products

I'm so, so sorry.

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

I got roped into it without consent :(

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

SAP is crazy expensive and dog shit slow.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Yay, a likeminded person!

For Microsoft I fully understand that they’d rather have a subscription model for Windows. After all you’re getting updates every fortnight and critical patches ASAP. I wonder they let you buy their shit for so long.

Just in case someone brings it up—and someone will bring it up regardless—: I’m not defending their recent enshittification and “always online” mindset.

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