this post was submitted on 19 Jul 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] 31 points 1 year ago
  1. Create post.
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  3. Use post to navigate to desired community.

Checkmate, atheists.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

Mitch Hedberg

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Inspect element > Rename to follow

Problem solved

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Just hit the big red button and enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can't. Fuck subscriptions!

/s just in case

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if it’s possible to RSS a Lemmy community…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There's a small RSS symbol next to the New/Active/Hot etc selector.

I'm just trying it, because even as a mod I have no way to get notified of posts. Ugh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's $30/month, but if you cancel your subscription to this community you're blocked from reading the rest of the posts, even if you've already loaded them in your browser.

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