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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by diffeomorphism on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:41AM (#34049527)
No. If that were true I could simply use spotify or netflix with any software of my choice.

You are paying for both the content and the software bundled together. And no, you don't get it "for free".

Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by colonwqbang on Monday December 19, 2022 @04:02AM (#34049995)
But you can, in the case of spotify: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot