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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by eertami on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:23PM (#32432550)
> Now I'm growing my book collection instead. No subscriptions, DLC or microtransactions for those at least

No subscriptions, DLC, or microtransactions... yet.

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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by thesuperbigfrog on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:36PM (#32432671)
> > Now I'm growing my book collection instead. No subscriptions, DLC or microtransactions for those at least

> No subscriptions, DLC, or microtransactions... yet.

Hopefully not the future: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by toyg on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:14PM (#32432997)
Technically, 150 years ago novels were actually born out of subscriptions - to the magazines and newspapers that would publish their serialised chapters, effectively funding production of a book at later stage.
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