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submitted 1 year ago by thrawn21@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[-] raijian@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Subscription services are not worth it, period. Phone and internet bills are all you need to get everything you want at the best possible qualities in the best possible formats. Subscription services are only convenient for the lazy who don't know how to use the internet.

[-] RatWhiskerer@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

I hate it when mobile apps are advertised as free only to reveal that you need a subscription to use them. Not everything needs to be subscription based. I miss actually owning software.

[-] Thalestr@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Free to install - Sub to use

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Are you essentially saying you pirate movies, games, and tv shows?

[-] DekkerNSFW@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

There's plenty of games you can just buy and not pay a subscription to. Hell, any game with a subscription is usually impossible to pirate, due to being server based.

Movies and TV shows almost invariably do require a subscription these days, though, unless you take to the seven seas.

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Game-wise, that's fair. I mean things like Humble Monthly, Netflix, PlayStation Now, and Game Pass are getting bigger and bigger. Most of the time those services save people a lot of money over buying every game they will play once and put down. Either way, I highly recommend buying games outright. That said, I don't see myself buying movies or TV shows outright like I do games.

[-] SnowBunting@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I wish adobe didn't have subscription.

[-] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I subscribe to a VPN though

[-] s0phia@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I agree 100%. Subscription services have ruined plenty of good software, among other things. I don't know how people can stand the feeling of not owning anything, just basically renting them and being at the mercy of the corporation that owns them.

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