Fuck Subscriptions
Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.
Expect use of strong language.
Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.
No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.
Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.
New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.
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Some other groovy communities for those who wish to own their products, their data and their life:
Some other useful links:
Louis Rossman's YouTube channel
Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification?wprov=sfla1
Now is a good time to try Jellyfin
This is not enshittification. They are making this pay feature because it costs them to maintain it and keep it from becoming shit. They've been extremely upset front on how they are going about it and why. If you think Jellyfin is better, that's fine but don't act like a service feature costing money instead of being free is somehow making it shittier. People need to get paid for their work. Especially on high demand features that require a lot of upkeep.
I dont agree that streaming files between my own devices is much of a service feature, especially since transcoding is done locally. That's the feature, previously free, now being paywalled.
Jellyfin does this entirely self-hosted, for free, and open-source.
Plex has lots of cool features but they are paywalling the wrong one here.
Probably foolish to believe but i havent switched to jellyfin because im worried its not as secure as plex. plex also has a convienent app on most tvs phones and streaming boxes. Am i giving up on any of these when switching?
If it's not as secure, then using a VPN is a great way to make sure everything works securely.
I know jellyfin has apps on Android phone and Android TV at the very least.