this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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Fuck Subscriptions

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Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.

Expect use of strong language.

Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.

No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.

Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.

New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.

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Some other groovy communities for those who wish to own their products, their data and their life:

Right to Repair/Ownership

Hedges Development

Privacy

Privacy Guides

DeGoogle Yourself

F-Droid

Stallman Was Right

Some other useful links:

FreeMediaHeckYeah

Louis Rossman's YouTube channel

Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:

Piped

Invidious

Nitter

Teddit

 

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh this is for people who DISLIKE subscriptions, not people who want to have sex with them?

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 46 points 1 year ago
[–] JBCJR@kbin.social 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you subscribe, it should just message you with "You failed"

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh dear, 2366 subscribers, I don't think I'm doing my job well

[–] rcmaehl@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone, we need a revolt. I have a new ideology that we can all subscribe t-... Fuck

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Joke's on you, I ascribed instead!

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

it'd be funny if it was super popular magazine, but no one subscribed.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Nice try! But my head was built with paradox absorbing crumple zones.

[–] PesosMike@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's almost funnier if it ends up being the most subscribed to community.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I guess I'm doing my part because it made me subscribe

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It’s okay! You’re supposed to “fuck” them not “fuck them.”

[–] ChillCapybara@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago

You are now subscribed to fucksubscriptions. Meow!

Just fuck your subscription after you subscribe. Easy as.

[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This subussy got OP acting unwise

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

How much is the fuck subscription and do I get unlimited fucks for that or is there a fuck ceiling? Do my unused fucks roll over? Is it billed as one annual big fuck charge or in smaller fuckrements?