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What's a current or growing trend only you seem to have concerns about? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by HouseWolf@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is "smart" nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn't require any of that before.

What's some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

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[–] ashura@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ditto. Subscriptions for something you should just pay once is ridiculous. No, I do not owe you a monthly sub for an app that I already paid for.

[–] HouseWolf@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

Worse is went you've already paid for a lifetime license and they pull the rug out saying they'll no longer honor it after a certain date.

That's the quickest way to to get on my 'Always Pirate' list

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If a piece of software doesn't have a perpetual license, I'm not using it. I wish more people would do the same, so this predatory business model dies.