this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2024
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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.today/post/12700714

On mobile, it prompts you to either "get the app" or "open app" with no way to click past. Screenshot won't upload.

This is worse from several months ago https://lemmy.today/post/8935690

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

You should have permanently deleted dropbox files and account back when they announced they were using your files to train AI on.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

MEGA used to (maybe still does?) do this stuff. Once you changed useragent to desktop, magically a signup wasn't required

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I been using Psitranfer lately its great self hosted can ensure my files rae safe and can even password protect shit its awsome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Sounds like the company's juicing the account growth metric. Just shippin' that org chart...

[–] rain_worl 0 points 2 months ago

luckily someone already uploaded the lemon demon stems to archive.org!