If that's a boomer complaint then hell yes I'm a fucking boomer! Fuck your subscription!
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It is definitely not a boomer complaint, man's not paying like 2 bills a month for 10 different subscriptions for the newest shit hollywood productions only for the one tv show I want to be unavailable across all of them smh π€¦ββοΈ
I don't see how that's a "boomer" complaint lol I'm a millennial and don't know anyone that's excited to pay monthly fees for something they already bought
I blame iPhone and Android apps that required developers to keep paying a $100 minimum yearly fee to keep an app in the App Store.
There were tons $1-$5 apps in the early days of the stores, but 3-4 years in they switched to either freemium subscriptions or adware (or ad ransom models). Usually as publishers bought out indie devs, if they just didnβt copy them anyway.
Yeah. The subscription model really only took off during GenZ.
not only that, but people usually use boomer, in this context, to say that the complaint is stupid, or selfish, or something
the gradual loss of ownership is a real fucking issue
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And no gen-Z is happy about this model or pushing its use. Itβs mostly being pushed by Gen-X and Boomer executives as a further mode of profit extraction in our rentier economic system.
Sure, we'll just wait for the gen-Z executives to roll it al back then right? It'll never happen, this is a money thing, not a generation thing.
that's the point I was trying to make
Iβve always blamed Adobe for the subscription mess, and that started in the early 00βs.
There was a joke about βrethinking the Microsoft modelβ in a 2005 episode of The Office. The move to subscription based software has been in the works for 25 years or more.
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Because software needs to be maintained. Well at least most software that has a subscription model is maintained and gets regular updates. People donβt work for free, you have to pay them
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I myself also hate to pay for subscriptions and heavily favor to buy something only one time. But I also understand why something like software is sold as a subscription. If you take "normal", physical products like smartphones, cars or literally almost anything else, it is accepted that you have to buy a new one every few years (the time span obviously varies from product to product) and that repairs will also cost money, at least after the guarantee ends. But software is expected and required to be maintained, thus costing the developer money even after you bought it. Online features also lead to sever costs. Because of that, a subscription can be compared to paying for car repairs and maintenance. I think it would be fair if you bought a version of a product for a fixed price, which you could use indefinitely and then to take a small price to upgrade to newer versions.
I think it would be fair if you bought a version of a product for a fixed price, which you could use indefinitely and then to take a small price to upgrade to newer versions
I mean that's exactly how it used to work. You'd buy Office 2004, you could use it forever. When the new one released you could choose to upgrade if you wanted.
Same with Adobe stuff and everything really
I just hate it for stuff I am going to use sporadically. Like iracing. In summer I'll use it like once a month. In winter maybe like 4 times a week. But the price doesn't change. I could not use it for 3 months and then I wasted that money. I don't like that. Also, you never own anything then, which is what they want.
Seeing a subscription actually makes my decision easy. I see it and immediately know to avoid.
B2B SaaS
!fucksubscriptions@lemmy.world
Subbed!
It's like you don't get the idea at all!
Shit, they got me!
How is that a boomer complaint? Itβs basic. Microsoft Word should be buy once for 3 computers, as it always was until subs took over.
We canβt even read the news anymore without a sub.
I like the use of the word rent for this.
I think it depends on the type of software. Subscriptions do make sense for software that requires regular updates, e.g. something tax related, where you need it updated with the latest regulations every year. Basically for anything that won't be useful a year from the purchase date without feature updates.
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FOSS users pay zero times.
Though hopefully contribute in other ways, like code improvements (not necessarily to every project:-).
Boomer complaint? Why can't I smoke an after dinner cigarette at the restaurant in peace without people whining at me to get up and go outside? And what is it with all this "rap music" on the radio? I'll rather take Chet Baker any day of the week.
Why don't kids just walk into the store, shake hands with a manager, and get a job immediately?
Somebody understood the assignment! That being said smokers while you are still eating are pretty tough on some people.
Duh, just sit in the non smoking section and youβll be fine.
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Why i wont use iRacing. Sucks that it's so popular.
Use and support open source where ever possible
Actually supporting open source looks a lot like a subscription service. I donate monthly to a handful of projects that I use regularly.
Boomer? Thats just a HUMAN complaint!
Are wages a subscription service?
I know this is not a serious comment but I'm gonna reply as if it were I would argue that wages are not a subscription service, here's why.
A subscription means the company is guaranteed money in exchange for providing a service. The customer can not and will not get that money back.
A worker who earns a wage can be very easily screwed out of money they were "guaranteed" but because their contract stipulates the worker turned in their shirt with a stain on it after quitting, they dont get their final paycheck. (actual clause at a job I had)
Please subscribe to my body so I don't die.
Finding economic rents is the core of capitalism. It's so iconic even Adam Smith railed against it
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.
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
Can i pay extra to not have continuous updates that often breaks shit?