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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by gambiting on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:56PM (#50473275)
What are you talking about. This software is like the old paid-once Photoshop. Once you have it, _it's yours_. I find that so incredibly liberating, I'm finally making software that I own at the end.
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by SoftTalker on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:26PM (#50473702)
Yeah I get that. I suppose it's just another variant of "I bought a $300 embroidery machine rather than actually learning how to embroider" so in that sense, why not?
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by panzagl on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:35PM (#50473853)
Pfft, probably buys their thread at a store rather than planting cotton...
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by keybrd-intrrpt on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:46PM (#50474020)
Planting it, in the ground that already existed?

Why aren't they forming their own planetoid?

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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by SoftTalker on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:53PM (#50474122)
No, I agree. Everyone has things they want to learn to do and things they just pay for/buy. It's a matter of choice, and should be.
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