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Boomer? Thats just a HUMAN complaint!

There was a map app I liked better than Google Maps because you could download any map you wanted for route planning and if you wanted traffic info etc, you had to buy the app for those features. But if you had to go places without cell connectivity. you would still be able to find your way.

Anyways, I liked it so much I payed 25 bucks to buy the app. Purchasing it gave me access to everything the app could do. Then Literally 6 months later, they were bought out by another company and rebranded and didn't honor people who bought the app. Instead I would have to pay a monthly fee to use it..

I got rid of it and will never buy another app again.

FOSS users pay zero times.

Though hopefully contribute in other ways, like code improvements (not necessarily to every project:-).

Finding economic rents is the core of capitalism. It's so iconic even Adam Smith railed against it

The only excuse for subscription model is when there is cloud storage/sync or server provided functions that are a core part of the software.

If I didn't rely heavily on the cloud storage and syncing part of Lightroom for editing photos seamlessly on desktop, mobile, and web, then I would already have dropped Adobe for Darktable and a pirated copy of Photoshop CS2 for when I need to print.

Try Linux, I just recently installed fedora on dual boot

But be aware that it's not all hunky-dory because I'm still figuring out how to get nvidia drivers working after trying solutions I found online and I'm still trying to figure out how to get hdr working in gnome and there's also the fact that kde plasma keeps freezing after a short time so I'm stuck on gnome

Installation was fine though, I was scared I was going to fuck something up with dual boot

Picard would be ashamed.

they just need to outlaw subscription based services on services that don't need it.

And no continuous support is not a valid subscription reason, if you want to charge support separate that's fair to do but this pay 60$ a year "because it's a continuous development" needs to go away.

Same with the "pay a rent for a building", it's just money drain. Being a landlord should not be allowed to be for profit, and should be heavily regulated. If you wanna rent? Sure, but at max it should be equivalent to costs the building has, and restricted to only apartment complexes. So annoying that you can't find property anymore to actually /own/ because a handful of rental companies can just write a blank check and buy it all.

B2B SaaS