this post was submitted on 28 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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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

wait why should deaf people enjoy music? And not through vibrations but LYRICS?!?!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Some people use deaf and hard of hearing interchangeably.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Deaf (big D) culture spans various levels, like hard of hearing, yup!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah it's a whole spectrum. I hear normally out of my right ear but left is at best 50% volume. Just genetics my cousins have similar hearing profiles. If I listen to music with just the right ear I feel like I'm missing out even though I can barely tell what goes on in left ear outside of bass and drums.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

I'm thinking it's not Spotify that is keeping deaf people from enjoying music, but fuck the subscriptions also.