#subscriptions — Public Fediverse posts

How do you feel about an app setting a free open source feature as a paid feature? I know I got recommendations for #mona #mastodon #ios #app. It seems legit. But I’m not sure about the paywall this feature that is open source method. I know dev takes resources and to keep the lights on a sub is a big deal for this type of app. But how do you feel about a paywalled feature you can get free (same thing) from the provider themselves.

#apps #subscriptions #feedback #appleapps #apps #ios #ipados

How do you feel about an app setting a free open source feature as a paid feature? I know I got recommendations for #mona #mastodon #ios #app. It seems legit. But I’m not sure about the paywall this feature that is open source method. I know dev takes resources and to keep the lights on a sub is a big deal for this type of app. But how do you feel about a paywalled feature you can get free (same thing) from the provider themselves.

#apps #subscriptions #feedback #appleapps #apps #ios #ipados

How do you feel about an app setting a free open source feature as a paid feature? I know I got recommendations for #mona #mastodon #ios #app. It seems legit. But I’m not sure about the paywall this feature that is open source method. I know dev takes resources and to keep the lights on a sub is a big deal for this type of app. But how do you feel about a paywalled feature you can get free (same thing) from the provider themselves.

#apps #subscriptions #feedback #appleapps #apps #ios #ipados

How do you feel about an app setting a free open source feature as a paid feature? I know I got recommendations for #mona #mastodon #ios #app. It seems legit. But I’m not sure about the paywall this feature that is open source method. I know dev takes resources and to keep the lights on a sub is a big deal for this type of app. But how do you feel about a paywalled feature you can get free (same thing) from the provider themselves.

#apps #subscriptions #feedback #appleapps #apps #ios #ipados

How do you feel about an app setting a free open source feature as a paid feature? I know I got recommendations for #mona #mastodon #ios #app. It seems legit. But I’m not sure about the paywall this feature that is open source method. I know dev takes resources and to keep the lights on a sub is a big deal for this type of app. But how do you feel about a paywalled feature you can get free (same thing) from the provider themselves.

#apps #subscriptions #feedback #appleapps #apps #ios #ipados

ICYMI: Apple adds monthly 12-month commitment plan to App Store subscriptions: Apple has updated App Store auto-renewable subscriptions with a monthly billing option tied to a 12-month commitment, excluding the US and Singapore markets. https://ppc.land/apple-adds-monthly-12-month-commitment-plan-to-app-store-subscriptions/ #Apple #AppStore #Subscriptions #TechNews #MobileApps

Apple adds monthly 12-month commitment plan to App Store subscriptions: Apple has updated App Store auto-renewable subscriptions with a monthly billing option tied to a 12-month commitment, excluding the US and Singapore markets. https://ppc.land/apple-adds-monthly-12-month-commitment-plan-to-app-store-subscriptions/ #Apple #AppStore #subscriptions #mobileapps #technews

Update. The passage in the #Trump budget criticizing expensive #subscriptions and #APCs (previous post, this thread) triggered a debate in the House of Representatives.

"US lawmakers intensify scrutiny of scientific-publishing practices."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01251-y

"From ‘paper mills’ that sell authorships on fake or low-quality research papers to the costs associated with open-access publishing, US lawmakers are paying increasing attention to widely debated issues in scientific publishing. In a rare show of unity, members of the US House of Representatives from both sides of the political aisle agreed at a hearing that these issues deserve more attention from government — but there was less unity on what the solutions should be."

#OpenAccess #Publishing #ScholComm

Update. Here's the key passage from the new #Trump budget proposing a "Government-Wide Prohibition on Publishing and Subscription Fees." See p. 17.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget_fy2027.pdf

"The Budget ends the diversion of research dollars to high priced publishers across the Government. The Budget prohibits the use of Federal funds for expensive subscriptions to academic journals and prohibitively high publishing costs unless required by Federal statute or approved in advance by a Federal agency. Research funded by taxpayers should be publicly accessible; yet many publications charge the Government to both publish and to access the same research study. There are numerous low-cost outlets to make federally-funded research publicly available."

h/t Jim O'Donnell

#APCs #DoubleDipping #OpenAccess #Publishing #ScholComm #Subscriptions

12 Best Coffee Subscriptions (2026), Tested by Caffeine Hounds

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-coffee-subscriptions/

#Business #Explainers
How the inbox spam button works · The impact of reporting a newsletter as spam https://ilo.im/16bdh8

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#Publishing #Reputation #Delivery #Email #Newsletters #Subscriptions #Content #Complaints #SpamButtons #Spam

Doordash DashPass subscribers get 5-10% off Lyft rides & 2 free Priority Pickup upgrades.

https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-partners-with-lyft-for-dashpass-members

#subscriptions #doordash #lyft #deals

#Goodbye #TopazLabs, has been a terrible time together. Your change to a subscription model with bribes for "Founding members" has been an inspiration to find alternatives and part ways.

#Topaz #AI #badPractices #software #subscriptions #capitalism

Microsoft in court for misleading Australians over Microsoft 365 subscriptions

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions

#HackerNews #Microsoft #Court #Case #Microsoft365 #Australia #Misleading #Subscriptions #ACCC

What Is Google One? A Breakdown of Plans, Pricing, and Included Services

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-google-one/

I am just waiting for a future trillionaire to propose air or sunshine as subscription services. That is what massive wealth in modern supply-driven economies is based on. Identifying the most basic biological need or function you can get away with monetising !

Housing? Hunger? Thirst? Attention? Dopamine? Healthcare? Education? Transportation?

#subscriptions #SupplySide #econimics #SupplySideEconomics #Ecocide #Maslow

THE BLOODY #PIRATE MANIFESTO
"No #ads. No #VIP. #No god. Just seed.

Welcome to the Age of Monetized #Piracy.

Where “#free” comes with cookies,
Where “#anonymous” means “newsletter,”
Where every #pirate flag has a price tag sewn in.

You wanted to sail the high seas
They sold you a lifeboat subscription with #ads.

🦷 RULE #1:
If you make money off #piracy you are the #Navy.

#TARGETS:

Ad-plastered “free streaming” sites
→ You click "Play", they load 9 #JavaScript #miners and your ex’s #Facebook ad.
→ Solution: #Kill their #revenue. #uBlock, #TamperMonkey, Empty.gif carpet #bombing.

VIP #Pirate #Accounts
→ They sell stolen #Netflix access like it’s a f***ing bottle service.
→ Solution: #Leak it. #Fork it. #Burn it.

#Darknet Pirate Resellers
→ "Premium Ebook Packs - Only $29 #BTC"
→ Solution: #Doxx. #Spoof. #Blacklist.
(They sell what should be holy. Purify with fire.)

#FAKE #LIBRARIES ARE NOT #LIBERATION.

"#PDF download" — 9 popups later, your #RAM is crying.
"Buy 3 #EPUBs, get 1 free" — you just colonized knowledge.
"#DMCA takedown coming 😭" cry #harder, #bitch.

#Archive it. #Mirror it. #Share it. Don't sell it.

REAL #PIRATES DON’T RUN #ADS.

They #seed.

They #encrypt.

They #disappear.

Every time you monetize piracy, an #FTP server #dies in a basement.

THE #FINAL #RULE:

“If your #piracy has a #profit model,
then our #piracy will include you.”

#Ads? Nuked.
#Subscriptions? Hijacked.
#Privacy policies? Weaponized.

You are not a user. You are a bullet.

“You wanted #torrent #freedom.
They gave you streaming #debt.”
Now take it back. With #fire.

—

#realpiratesburneachother

Spotify’s U.S. App Update Approved by Apple Amid Antitrust Shift

#AsianTalks #spotify #appupdate #apple #appstore #paymentlinks #pricing #us #antitrust #epicgames #applemusic #subscriptions #tech #news

https://theasiantalks.com/spotifys-u-s-app-update-approved-by-apple-amid-antitrust-shift/

Recurly published their 2025 State of #Subscriptions (I missed this back in Feb) - features industry #churnrates and a data on re-signups after churn: "Return acquisition percentage" for % of new signups that were previously subscribed. They also say: "Artificial intelligence (AI) has become indispensable. AI enables businesses to analyze subscriber behaviors, predict churn risks, and automate recovery efforts." I always said, Fight #Churn With Data!
https://go.recurly.com/2025-state-of-subscriptions.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations

#WaPo #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #Bezos #Bozo #Editorial #Newspaper #Endorsement #Subscribers #Subscriptions #Cancellations #Politics #Harris #HarrisWalz #KamalaHarris #Election #Vote #tRump #USA #America #VoteBlue #Boycott #CancelSocialMediaAcctsToo #Resignations #Journalism #Journalists #1stamendment #FreedomOfThePress #Media

Fitting Terry Pratchett's maxim that "people want Olds not News", The Guardian has a (letters page) article on "Amazon is trying to trick me into signing up for Prime services"

And…yes? They've been doing this for at least a year? And it's probably illegal, but they're not getting penalised so they're going to carry on doing it!

https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/sep/02/amazon-is-trying-to-trick-me-into-signing-up-for-prime-services

#AmazonPrime #subscriptions #CashCow #capitalism

Перенос подписок YouTube между аккаунтами

Недавно решил наконец-то перенести все свои подписки YouTube со старого Google-аккаунта на актуальный. Но оказалось, что у Гугла такого инструмента нет... Что делать и какие варианты у нас есть? - Плагины для браузеров - Ручной режим - Самописный скрипт на Python с использованием YouTube API Подробнее под катом

https://habr.com/ru/articles/825996/

#python #youtube #subscriptions #import #export #перенос #подписки #transfer #subs #api

Subscriptions for hardware features in cars was a dumb idea in the first place. Glad that BMW realized that it wouldn't go over well for people.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/bmw-ditches-subscriptions-for-heated-seats-other-hardware-features/

#cars #bmw #subscriptions #heatedseats

Subscriptions for hardware features in cars was a dumb idea in the first place. Glad that BMW realized that it wouldn't go over well for people.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/bmw-ditches-subscriptions-for-heated-seats-other-hardware-features/

#cars #bmw #subscriptions #heatedseats

Subscriptions for hardware features in cars was a dumb idea in the first place. Glad that BMW realized that it wouldn't go over well for people.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/bmw-ditches-subscriptions-for-heated-seats-other-hardware-features/

#cars #bmw #subscriptions #heatedseats

Subscriptions for hardware features in cars was a dumb idea in the first place. Glad that BMW realized that it wouldn't go over well for people.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/bmw-ditches-subscriptions-for-heated-seats-other-hardware-features/

#cars #bmw #subscriptions #heatedseats

Subscriptions for hardware features in cars was a dumb idea in the first place. Glad that BMW realized that it wouldn't go over well for people.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/bmw-ditches-subscriptions-for-heated-seats-other-hardware-features/

#cars #bmw #subscriptions #heatedseats