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Subscriptions are O(n)
One time purchases are O(1)
You want O(1)..
a subscription to a service
X
isO(n)
, wheren
is for how long you keep that service.instead purchasing the content provided by
X
individually, isO(m)
, wherem
is how much content you buy.if in one subscription term, you would spend more purchasing individual content than one subscription fee to
X
, it is financially more efficient to useX
.however, this assumes you will only consume a piece of content once, and dont care about having a physical/true copy of it.
a
O(1)
scenario would be like a lifetime subscription toX
.ps: i am fully on the side of owning media, and i have no idea if this comment is actually true, it just sounds smart :-)