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This is my opinion on the matter, whether popular or not. Yes, I'd rather own than rent. Instances I really don't mind paying a subscription for: 1) an open
by happyjack 4y ago
This is my opinion on the matter, whether popular or not.
Yes, I'd rather own than rent. Instances I really don't mind paying a subscription for:
1) an open source product that has a free / freemium model where the base product is great, and the "extra" stuff is cheap like $10 a year (Bitwarden and Zotero came to mind) and well worth the extra $. I'll happily pay for that and think that's worth.
2) anytime hardware is involved. Email and storage services come to mind. You're spinning other peoples disks and using their servers. Shit breaks.
Things I despise paying subscriptions for:
1) desktop software that runs on your own hardware that comes with no support (Microsoft office, adobe, etc.) piss off Microsoft 365
2) desktop Linux. I love RHEL, but paying $175 a year forever to have a workstation with zero ticket support is annoying. I know developers gotta eat, but it's a big turn off. I know Macintosh computers are overpriced for the hardware but you get 10+ years of updates.
I think that's it for now?