Kaylie 
I hate how ownership is dying
you can barely go anywhere without having to pay monthly for a subscription model. you cant just own something and have it anymore.
Feb 24, 2023 at 6:29pmWeb
Show threadKaylie Feb 24, 2023
subscriptions only make sense for continuous services like server hosting providers
music/movies? i should just be able to buy them and have them in my account (preferrably on my computer) forever.
Show threadTemmieFeb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie I was thinking of developing a site that lets you buy or rent videos, but if you buy them you can download the videos DRM free
Show threadgettie ( arc)     Feb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie
>subscriptions only make sense for continuous services like server hosting providers
I totally agree, and that's actually the only service I actually pay for.
>music/movies? i should just be able to buy them and have them in my account (preferrably on my computer) forever.
As far as I know, for music Bandcamp actually does that, although it doesn't have more popular music, as other services have. I don't know about anything similar for movies and series.
Show threadPēteris KrišjānisFeb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie tbh copyright did not work that way at all, because movies and music could be delivered only with physical media that's how ownership became de facto thing. But truth to be told, copyright never transfers ownership, merely a sort of renting of usage.
Not gonna delve into if that's how copyright should be or exist, but that's how it has been since beginning.
As sentiment I fully agree though.
Show threadHER0Feb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie For music, I just buy exclusively from bandcamp. You get all the formats (including flac) and it is DRM-free.
Show threadphi1997Feb 25, 2023
@wowitskaylie Used CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays are cheap (for the most part) and you can dump them in your preferred digital format if you have an optical drive for them in your computer or have an external one.
Show threadhttps://j0.lolFeb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie piracy lets you own it :p
Show threadMOVED TO @[email protected] (Julia )Feb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie "Own nothing, feel happy"
Show threadTransGal4872 🏳️‍⚧️  Feb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie <Nim>
Corperations and Landlords when people no longer own anything:
Corperations and Landlords when they no longer own anything:
Show threadLilith Ashley Nyx Arson Feb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie piracy is and always will be free ​​
Show threadWorms_ArmageddonFeb 24, 2023
@root @wowitskaylie 🦨 Torrents and Mega links Ahoy!
Show threadLilith Ashley Nyx Arson Feb 24, 2023
@[email protected] @wowitskaylie
yar har fiddle de dee
being a pirate is alright to be
do what you want 'cause a pirate is free,
you are a pirate!
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Show threadHermit (gone)Feb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie I mean, is it really a surprise? World Economic Forum people have been openly admitting that this is their agenda for quite a while.
Show threadEssjay 🏳️‍🌈  Feb 24, 2023

@wowitskaylie

"Nothing's ever yours to keep
Close your eyes, go to sleep"

Tom Waitts - Lullaby

Show threadzeyFeb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie Hm It's kinda funny (read: sad) that right-leaning people will talk about how scary the communists are and them taking away everything you own when capitalism is doing exactly that.
Show threadJohnWFeb 24, 2023

@wowitskaylie Same with me. And a lot of it is corporate greed. Subscribing is basically renting a product. You will never own it. Plus they can raise prices on you down the line. They have continuous control over that.

Middlemen are especially bad. The can raise subscription prices for consumers and lower royalties paid to the creators.

Show threadMattFeb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie it’s a hard one for developers to get the right balance. On one side, having a subscription means the developer can continue to work on the app and update whenever a new feature is ready. Rather than do a payed upgrade. The other option is a high cost to buy the app that may put people off. I see your point though. It feels like more and more apps are moving over to subscription models
Show threadVidnixFeb 24, 2023
@wowitskaylie
Individual ownership is less profitable for the corporate classes: why have a single point of sale when you can have an endless revenue stream for the same investment?
That being said, "[goods] as a service" it's a garbage, parasitic economic model.
Show threadzendao42Feb 25, 2023
@wowitskaylie
That's the reason for my DVD collection
Show threadTinker WormFeb 25, 2023
@wowitskaylie @donmelton capitalism … subscriptions are a massive scam