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[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

Revanced to overcome some subscriptions.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Use and support open source where ever possible

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Try Linux, I just recently installed fedora on dual boot

But be aware that it's not all hunky-dory because I'm still figuring out how to get nvidia drivers working after trying solutions I found online and I'm still trying to figure out how to get hdr working in gnome and there's also the fact that kde plasma keeps freezing after a short time so I'm stuck on gnome

Installation was fine though, I was scared I was going to fuck something up with dual boot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Give bazzite a go, it's Fedora atomic but has NVIDIA and game features baked into the image.

Life's too short to try and manage NVIDIA drivers on linux

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

FOSS users pay zero times.

Though hopefully contribute in other ways, like code improvements (not necessarily to every project:-).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Picard would be ashamed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only excuse for subscription model is when there is cloud storage/sync or server provided functions that are a core part of the software.

If I didn't rely heavily on the cloud storage and syncing part of Lightroom for editing photos seamlessly on desktop, mobile, and web, then I would already have dropped Adobe for Darktable and a pirated copy of Photoshop CS2 for when I need to print.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

SANE & MATURE ≠ "Boomer"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
  1. Definitely gonna keep my subscriptions as minimal as I can, like I currently am: just a VPN. Obviously I have a few others I'll need in the future like utilities, internet, and phone, but those are the bare minimum you need since you can scrape by without paying a dime for content thanks to piracy, so long as you are careful.
  2. I have a couple of ones that I'd say are both high on the list ( no idea which is higher because they're both pretty annoying to me ).

The first is that when I do dishes at home, I put certain things a very specific way when filling the dishwasher and putting things away, which is why I absolutely hate when other people do dishes. I'll deal with other people doing the dishes, but then I always feel like I gotta go and put things back where they belong when I'm not the one to put the dishes away.

The second is more furry fandom specific. So, when it comes to fursuits, some people might ditch the fursuit head and just maybe wear the paws or other pieces of it if it's not a single piece costume. My gripe is specifically that: not wearing the head. I don't care if you poodle ( wear a partial and show some skin ), talk in suit, or whatever, but I think it's extremely disrespectful to the character your suit is based off of, whether it's your fursona, OC, an adopt, liberty suit, whatever, to not wear the head at a bare minimum. It's why my opinion the bare minimum you should do for a fursuit commission should be the head.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Did you have a stroke while writing this?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are wages a subscription service?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Boomer? Thats just a HUMAN complaint!

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