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A comment on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by josephcsible on Sunday December 18, 2022 @06:26PM (#34045520)
Richard Stallman tried to warn people about this <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...>. As usual, nobody heeded his warnings, and now we're all living through exactly what he tried to prevent.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by phrom on Sunday December 18, 2022 @06:53PM (#34045960)
Enough people have paid attention that I am able to use Emacs and be insulated from any practical impact from SaaS, since it can handle everything I need as a developer. In fact, I have my passwords and my notes on it, to mention some things from OP.
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