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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by JohnFen on Sunday December 18, 2022 @08:47PM (#34047202)
The issue with subscriptions for me is unrelated to the price. All subscriptions are bad. They require constant budgeting and attention. They usually come with forced upgrades, or a forced cloud component. They make it too easy to get nickel and dimed to death.

If I can't pay a one-time price for the software, it's a nonstarter. I'm totally fine with paying for updates later, as long as I'm not forced into them.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by jimkleiber on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:23PM (#34047547)
What about a subscription that doesn't auto-renew? So if you want to continue to use it, you pay again?

Or does that still frustrate you because you want to "own" it rather than "rent" it?

If you're answer is yes, that's ok with me, just curious :-)

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