Honestly, I just use the internet less. I'm never going to pay. I can't be bothered with the loopholes anymore. If it bugs me to pay or subscribe, I leave. I'm fine with them not wanting me as a user, and I hope they're fine with me not wanting them as a supplier. They don't have anything that I actually need that badly.

Oddly enough I probably use the internet more than ever. It's just not that internet.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If youtube was a reasonable price I'd pay it. But being google, they not only charge a ridiculous price, but even if you pay that, they'll STILL sell your data on top.

Furthermore, it being a public company no profit will ever be enough. It doesn't matter if I paid 30$ a month, the next quarter the 30 billion profit won't be enough because it didn't grow from the previous quarter...

Fuck all that.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And if you buy any hardware from Google, count on it being discontinued and unsupported within a year. Anyone who continues to buy shit from Google is either deluded or a fool, or both.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Google fanboys are just as stupid as Apple fanboys. It's like watching two morons fight each other. These mega corps give no fucks about you.

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

I got a Pixel 5a refurbished because it's supported by LineageOS. Like a week after buying it I dropped it, cracking the screen. Got on iFixit, ordered a replacement screen, and once it got here spent an evening installing it. No regrets. But I am a fool, so that tracks.

My next phone will be a Fairphone now that they work with US carriers, though.

[–] Mastema@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weirdly, the only parts of the Internet that I'm really liking these days are Hacker News, Lemmy and the one part that I do pay for, which is Kagi Ultimate. It is very refreshing not to be the product and I do occasionally need to use a search engine for something.

[–] CustodialTeapot@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Kagi AstroTurfing needs to stop.... Fuck off.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

SearxNG. FOSS, selfhostable. Don't pay for a search engine.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately it piggybacks of googles and co's indexing. What happens if we succeed as a FOSS movement and google goes under?

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People genuinely like Kagi. I dont really see the problem

[–] CustodialTeapot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I doubt 1% of the comments are genuine users and not themselves botting/faking comments just to inject advertising.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Thats just downright conspiratorial

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah YouTube brings me a ton of value and I wouldn't mind paying a bit for it.

Not $14 a month though.