Comment on Anon tries to save money

• brrt@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Because it is. Just recently some VPN provider I already forgot the name of cancelled all lifetime subscriptions. There were multiple posts on Lemmy about it.

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• rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What do you mean?

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  • taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It is not that difficult to understand. Selling a service that costs money each month to run for a one time price is not sustainable.

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    • rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh I see, you meant from the supplier side. I thought you meant it was unsustainable from the consumer side, thanks for clarifying ✌️

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    • Gutek8134@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Now I’m wondering how costly it is to run Nebula, because they have a 300$ one time payment (equivalent of 5 years of subscription)

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    • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Not really. It depends on the pricing.

      My issue is that the service have little incentive to keep up a quality standard, unless it’s in the contract…

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• MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ten years and counting for me and VPN Unlimited so far. Unsustainable? Capitalism is un-sustainable. Cheaper than paying monthly or yearly? Absolutely.

  Personally, I use the VPN to do my searches, grab magnet links, and get the torrent started, then I disconnect the VPN and switch to Cell data, as that ISP has never sent me a nasty-gram about pirating.

  Reasonably sure Nord is still turning a profit on my sub.

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