Re:Unsubscribe: Refusing to pay to use what we own
by simonblack on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:08PM
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The answer to the subscription model is not to partake of it.
Companies can choose to go with the subscription model or go without sales. In 2019, BMW began charging users a subscription fee to use Apple CarPlay (though this was scrapped later that year).
Customers can use previous non-subscription models, or buy from companies that don't use the subscription mode of business.
Business routes around constrictive companies. Ferinstance: Don't like Apple's business practices? Buy a (probably better and cheaper) phone from Huawei instead.
Companies can choose to go with the subscription model or go without sales. In 2019, BMW began charging users a subscription fee to use Apple CarPlay (though this was scrapped later that year).
Customers can use previous non-subscription models, or buy from companies that don't use the subscription mode of business.
Business routes around constrictive companies. Ferinstance: Don't like Apple's business practices? Buy a (probably better and cheaper) phone from Huawei instead.