this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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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] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The people that care about privacy are not currently on Facebook, so this is pointless.

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

most people care about privacy, just not enough to do what is necessary to protect it. Then they try to justifiy it to themselves by acting like they don't care.

[–] MrTolkinghoen 3 points 1 year ago

Probably doing it so they can say: "look no one wants this, why would we invest in it" Obviously they're doing it because they have to, but also

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

People not on facebook still have a data profile on facebook.