plot twist: one time purchase of a year and a half of use before āwe are ending support for the product which inexplicably means your license somehow no longer worksā
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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social āØ11ā© āØhoursā© ago
Iāve switched everything I can away from subscriptions, even swapping to pre-paid phone plan. If I could do the same with my Internet or insurance, I absolutely would.
I like not having small-ish amounts of money come out every month. Itās easier to plan for a big chunk once a year. Itās also much easier to see tiny customer-fucking price increases because they represent a greater difference in annual payment over monthly.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world āØ10ā© āØhoursā© ago
Yearly subscriptions are still subscriptions, you know?
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
Not really an option to not have a phone and insurance, you know?
ObscureOtter@piefed.ca āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
Just gonna drop this here: https://buyoncesoftware.com
List of buy-once alternatives to subscription software.
ObscureOtter@piefed.ca āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
Oh no! They have a paid listing option now. Enshittification knows no bounds⦠š¢
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
I wonder if they can pay once for it or if itās subscription
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ10ā© āØhoursā© ago
From the looks of the site, it seems ābuy onceā refers more to having your software listed .
Ghostie@lemmy.zip āØ11ā© āØhoursā© ago
They should audit that site. Adobe is on the front page and there are a few programs that are annual subs, like horse browser. But Iām book marking it anyway because there is some good stuff there despite that.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
Depends on what it is Iām purchasing and the cost of the subscription vs the cost of a one time purchase. Also, depends on if itās a true one time purchase or something along the lines of those ālifetime subscriptionā one time charges that never seem to actually last z lifetime.
Zwiebel@feddit.org āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
I prefer keeping as much of my income available as possible and then decide when and where to spend it, rather than having most of it tied up in monthly rates. More liquidity=more flexibility
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
The day has not come that Iāve found a subscription worth the monthly rate. I even pay a bit more for my Internet bill so I can dump its ass on a whim if I like, and I use that daily (hourly). Canada has SUPER predatory telecoms, keeps them honest
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
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missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone āØ10ā© āØhoursā© ago
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