As a programmer, and an open source one paid handsomely, fuck subscriptions and asshole software companies.

You buy a pair of shoes, the maker is paid. Why do you have to pay the bastard every month?

I’m actually a programmer. There are ways to compensate us that doesn’t force people to pay rent for our work.

I mean yeah, subscription services are shitty, but what’s wrong with lifetime purchases?

This thread is about subscriptions. So I'd assume that when people talk about 'rent seeking companies' etc, they are referring to subscription payments rather than lifetime purchases.

I am a programmer, and I get paid whether or not the product is bought. Shovel your dogshit somewhere else.

IMO: Pirate it guilt-free without a second thought. If you enjoy it, and deem it worthy of a rewatch - then buy the DVD/Blu-Ray.

Then rip a quality copy of it, and delete the previously downloaded one.

How did you have the patience for that? Is immediately nope out

Thing is, corporations twist ethics so when we obey we lose and when they fuck us over they win

Honestly mate, I am not a tankie or even politically left in my country, but when looking at the insane results for these enormous companies and the ever increasing greed with ads/price hikes, I’ve just had enough.

I know it’s not morally right to steal, but I refuse to support companies like Alphabet paying their CEO 200+ million a year. If they manage to block me out when skirting their ads, then I’ll find something else to spend my time on.

So you’re right, I just don’t care anymore.

I do pay for Nebula though!

Pay por the permanent ownership of the sold product.

As they say. If selling isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.

If a seller doesn't give me option to own their products I will certainly never steal them.

by selling me a license that lets me run their software on my own machine, not theirs. Like in the old times

Theres A difference between running a profitable buisness and ruining the whole user experience to please the shareholders.

Am a developer, please do not pay for any software subscription if you don’t think it’s worth it.

Us devs would love to give the best experience, but if the customer is willing to pay for a shit experience, guess which path management makes you take.

Not everything should be for profit. I 'member the good old days when people made poorly designed website to share their passion and help others. I 'member the good old days when people developed freewares, even proprietary softwares, just for the fun of it.