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I’m tired of subscriptions.

I’m especially tired of what absolutely used to be the sort of thing you’d pay a flat, one time fee for that are now subscriptions.

It is peak capitalism for everything to switch to annual, monthly, and in some wild cases, weekly fees just for the opportunity to use something. Because that’s the other big thing, the full subscription remains in effect even if you don’t use it once!

A long time ago in a galaxy far away, subscriptions were actually LESS expensive. It was a trade off businesses would make for your loyalty: a lower per unit fee. Now, most subscriptions are more than the flat fees would’ve totaled and with no value added. And the most absurd things are getting away with subscription pricing. I don’t understand how anyone can delude themselves into thinking profit and value have any relationship at all anymore.

So, when the next AI app of the month wants $79 for 6 months just so you can inevitably generate a mere 4 mediocre and uninspired images of people with 11 fingers on each hand, pass on that shit. We’ll all be better off when we signal to the market that we’re done renting everything. Maybe then we can get rid of these value-extracting charlatans and go back to paying a fair price, once.
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