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TiVo gave us control over our time. It bent to our lives, not the other way around. Its quiet death marks more than the end of a device—it marks the loss of a philosophy.
At Streevo, we believe that idea—freedom through ownership—still matters.
Christine Schulz’s piece, Flowers for TiVo, is part eulogy, part rallying cry for tech that puts people first.
🌸 Read here: https://www.streevomedia.com/blog/flowers-for-tivo-the-end-of-an-era
#FOSS #MediaFreedom #DigitalSovereignty #Streevo #TiVo #Streaming #OwnershipMatters
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180 years ago tonight, the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers opened their first shop. I raise my #fairtrade Malawi Peppermint tea produced by mainly female smallholders and sold through Revolver World Co-operative and bought from my local Co-op,
and thank those early co-operators for their brave vision of shared equity, as relevant now as ever. #cooperatives #180years #ownershipmatters #coop -
Dear fellow Americans,
We want to address a concerning trend that we have been noticing in many new cars and other products. It's the practice of adding subscription-based features to items that you own. This is a concerning issue that we believe goes against the very principles of ownership and consumer rights that our great country was founded upon.
One example of this practice is heated car seats, which have become a subscription-based feature in many new cars. This means that after a certain period, the feature will stop working, and you will be required to pay a fee to keep using it. This is a clear case of charging customers for features they have already paid for.
We strongly believe that subscriptions for things you own is highly unamerican. As a consumer, you have the right to use the products you have purchased for as long as you wish, without being forced to pay additional fees. Companies should not be able to hold your purchased product hostage or force you to pay for features that were part of the original product.
We believe that companies have a responsibility to their customers to be transparent about the features that come with their products, and any future fees or charges that may apply. Consumers have the right to make informed decisions about their purchases and be aware of any additional costs that they may incur in the future.
We urge all companies to respect the rights of consumers and to refrain from using this practice in their products. As the Federal Bureau of Investigation, we are committed to ensuring that consumer rights are upheld, and we will continue to monitor this issue closely.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
#UnamericanSubscriptions #ConsumerRights #BoycottSubscriptionModels #OwnershipMatters #ConsumerProtection #FBIWarns #BuyItOnce -
Dear fellow Americans,
We want to address a concerning trend that we have been noticing in many new cars and other products. It's the practice of adding subscription-based features to items that you own. This is a concerning issue that we believe goes against the very principles of ownership and consumer rights that our great country was founded upon.
One example of this practice is heated car seats, which have become a subscription-based feature in many new cars. This means that after a certain period, the feature will stop working, and you will be required to pay a fee to keep using it. This is a clear case of charging customers for features they have already paid for.
We strongly believe that subscriptions for things you own is highly unamerican. As a consumer, you have the right to use the products you have purchased for as long as you wish, without being forced to pay additional fees. Companies should not be able to hold your purchased product hostage or force you to pay for features that were part of the original product.
We believe that companies have a responsibility to their customers to be transparent about the features that come with their products, and any future fees or charges that may apply. Consumers have the right to make informed decisions about their purchases and be aware of any additional costs that they may incur in the future.
We urge all companies to respect the rights of consumers and to refrain from using this practice in their products. As the Federal Bureau of Investigation, we are committed to ensuring that consumer rights are upheld, and we will continue to monitor this issue closely.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
#UnamericanSubscriptions #ConsumerRights #BoycottSubscriptionModels #OwnershipMatters #ConsumerProtection #FBIWarns #BuyItOnce -
Dear fellow Americans,
We want to address a concerning trend that we have been noticing in many new cars and other products. It's the practice of adding subscription-based features to items that you own. This is a concerning issue that we believe goes against the very principles of ownership and consumer rights that our great country was founded upon.
One example of this practice is heated car seats, which have become a subscription-based feature in many new cars. This means that after a certain period, the feature will stop working, and you will be required to pay a fee to keep using it. This is a clear case of charging customers for features they have already paid for.
We strongly believe that subscriptions for things you own is highly unamerican. As a consumer, you have the right to use the products you have purchased for as long as you wish, without being forced to pay additional fees. Companies should not be able to hold your purchased product hostage or force you to pay for features that were part of the original product.
We believe that companies have a responsibility to their customers to be transparent about the features that come with their products, and any future fees or charges that may apply. Consumers have the right to make informed decisions about their purchases and be aware of any additional costs that they may incur in the future.
We urge all companies to respect the rights of consumers and to refrain from using this practice in their products. As the Federal Bureau of Investigation, we are committed to ensuring that consumer rights are upheld, and we will continue to monitor this issue closely.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
#UnamericanSubscriptions #ConsumerRights #BoycottSubscriptionModels #OwnershipMatters #ConsumerProtection #FBIWarns #BuyItOnce -
Dear fellow Americans,
We want to address a concerning trend that we have been noticing in many new cars and other products. It's the practice of adding subscription-based features to items that you own. This is a concerning issue that we believe goes against the very principles of ownership and consumer rights that our great country was founded upon.
One example of this practice is heated car seats, which have become a subscription-based feature in many new cars. This means that after a certain period, the feature will stop working, and you will be required to pay a fee to keep using it. This is a clear case of charging customers for features they have already paid for.
We strongly believe that subscriptions for things you own is highly unamerican. As a consumer, you have the right to use the products you have purchased for as long as you wish, without being forced to pay additional fees. Companies should not be able to hold your purchased product hostage or force you to pay for features that were part of the original product.
We believe that companies have a responsibility to their customers to be transparent about the features that come with their products, and any future fees or charges that may apply. Consumers have the right to make informed decisions about their purchases and be aware of any additional costs that they may incur in the future.
We urge all companies to respect the rights of consumers and to refrain from using this practice in their products. As the Federal Bureau of Investigation, we are committed to ensuring that consumer rights are upheld, and we will continue to monitor this issue closely.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
#UnamericanSubscriptions #ConsumerRights #BoycottSubscriptionModels #OwnershipMatters #ConsumerProtection #FBIWarns #BuyItOnce -
It looks like some fantastic work has been done over the last couple of years on cooperative ways to finance the founding and development of co-ops. This interview about the Seed Commons financing network was published a year ago in the first issue of Ownership Matters:
https://ownershipmatters.net/newsletter-item/fund-profile-seed-commons-founder-brendan-martin/