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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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[โ€“] Sho@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm with OP on this one, I can't stand that everything needs an app to do simple tasks either. And subscriptions are getting way out of hand, the whole technological scope seems way more intrusive then it needs to be.

[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] 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

[โ€“] 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.

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