I am a retired, mid-30s, former IBEW electrician. That there are even so many subscription models, and that a single person/family could spend THOUSANDS of dol

I am a retired, mid-30s, former IBEW electrician. That there are even so many subscription models, and that a single person/family could spend THOUSANDS of dollars, annually, on "apps" ... just blows my mind. Definitely, I'm "an old fogie" : I still use a pager for incoming contact; I still mainly use Mac OS 10.6/10.8; I have an iPod, which is outdated but task-specific (and I enjoy its simplicity); my kid-sister installed Pandora on the iPod, which I ENJOY (and pay for)... BUT Apple no longer offers updates for the iPod, and Pandora does not allow updating without installing an unsupported iOS. The "licensing model" most major platforms are pursuing is alarming; when my Mac Pro 5,1 goes out, I'm not sure what I'll do without my long-ago pirated edition of CreativeSuite4. ---- Reading about all the menstruation cycle tracking apps, and the criminal/civil vulnerabilities some women may/will face in some jurisdictions... is just alarming. Already, the data mined from these apps can be pretty "choice" for advertisers (e.g. hormonal cravings &c).