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> I'm not sure how you have a subscription to Lichess when it's a free site A subscription can just be an account - it doesn’t necessarily have to be a paid su

by Closi 5y ago

> I'm not sure how you have a subscription to Lichess when it's a free site A subscription can just be an account - it doesn’t necessarily have to be a paid subscription.

ycombinete 5y ago
That's weird, I've only ever used "subscription" as per this definition[0]: "A subscription is an amount of money that you pay regularly in order to belong to an organization, to help a charity or campaign, or to receive copies of a magazine or newspaper." [0] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/subscription https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/subscri...
- f1refly 5y ago
  I get what you mean and I think the other guy was indeed misleading about this, but there really are lots of contexts where subscriptions are free. In the classic postal sense newsletters are mostly free (and yes, mostly spam), when a program "subscribes" for events from another program there isn't cost involved; and most importantly youtube channel subscriptions exist. I also had the impression he implied paying for lichess, but technically the word subscription doesn't necessarily have that meaning in our current time any more.
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  - ycombinete 5y ago
    Understood. I must be using it more pedantically than most. I think I use "sign-up/register/account" in those newer contexts.
- kzrdude 5y ago
  Youtube has a subscribe button, and there is no money involved.
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9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
The most commonly used meaning of “subscription” is literally “the action of making or agreeing to make an advance payment in order to receive or participate in something.” And if the original commenter didn’t mean to be misleading and meant they had free accounts on both services, why mention having a “subscription” at all? It’s completely irrelevant.
ylyn 5y ago
No, then you would just say you have an account. If you subscribe to a YT channel, you would just say you subscribe to the channel or you are a subscriber. You wouldn't say you have a "subscription" with the channel. That makes no sense.
- 0xFF0123 5y ago
  This is way beyond the original point being made, but in the YT app, the button to view channels that a user has subscribed to is indeed labelled "subscriptions". I agree that in this context, the natural interpretation of the word is that money has been invested.

by Closi 5y ago

> I'm not sure how you have a subscription to Lichess when it's a free site A subscription can just be an account - it doesn’t necessarily have to be a paid subscription.

ycombinete 5y ago

That's weird, I've only ever used "subscription" as per this definition[0]: "A subscription is an amount of money that you pay regularly in order to belong to an organization, to help a charity or campaign, or to receive copies of a magazine or newspaper." [0] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/subscription https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/subscri...

f1refly 5y ago
I get what you mean and I think the other guy was indeed misleading about this, but there really are lots of contexts where subscriptions are free. In the classic postal sense newsletters are mostly free (and yes, mostly spam), when a program "subscribes" for events from another program there isn't cost involved; and most importantly youtube channel subscriptions exist. I also had the impression he implied paying for lichess, but technically the word subscription doesn't necessarily have that meaning in our current time any more.
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- ycombinete 5y ago
  Understood. I must be using it more pedantically than most. I think I use "sign-up/register/account" in those newer contexts.
kzrdude 5y ago
Youtube has a subscribe button, and there is no money involved.

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9935c101ab17a66 5y ago

The most commonly used meaning of “subscription” is literally “the action of making or agreeing to make an advance payment in order to receive or participate in something.” And if the original commenter didn’t mean to be misleading and meant they had free accounts on both services, why mention having a “subscription” at all? It’s completely irrelevant.

ylyn 5y ago

No, then you would just say you have an account. If you subscribe to a YT channel, you would just say you subscribe to the channel or you are a subscriber. You wouldn't say you have a "subscription" with the channel. That makes no sense.

0xFF0123 5y ago
This is way beyond the original point being made, but in the YT app, the button to view channels that a user has subscribed to is indeed labelled "subscriptions". I agree that in this context, the natural interpretation of the word is that money has been invested.