Fuck Subscriptions
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:
Some other useful links:
Louis Rossman's YouTube channel
Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:
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He's always like this. I've bought from the guy and he always wants to avenge something, like he avenged Vantablack, which worked because now he has Black 4.0 (avaliable to those who already bought 3.0 for now, but already sold out) which is the blackest paint at the moment
But he also had stuff like his "open source" Pantone clone which he made because Pantone limited their color use to subscriptions.. which is very dumb because the whole point is not RGB colors, the whole point is that you can match your color in the design program to a real Pantone color sample that you can order and hold in your hands physically, and Stuart does not actually provide any pigment samples.