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You’ve just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription | Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn’t making quite enough money... (www.theregister.com)
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You’ve just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription | Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn’t making quite enough money...::Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn't making quite enough money...

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[–] orwellianlocksmith 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same enshittification that got Drawboard PDF

[–] derosnec 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This really irks me. Paid, and then they make the app shitter and put basic functions behind the paywall.

I would gladly pay for a new and improved version of the app (likely every now and again I admit).

I will never pay for a PDF editor on a subscription basis.

[–] orwellianlocksmith 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, absolutely not. Drawboard was cool. It was a real loss. And also infuriating that I "bought" it, only to have the app lock me out of "premium" features later.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They absolutely would've been able to grandfather users that paid before the subscription was added. Pure greed and they know you can't do anything about it aside from leaving a bad review.