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Do you remember when we used to have to pay for the next OS version upgrade, and for a program that would put your screen to sleep? Which, after you bought it,
by supernova87a 3y ago
Do you remember when we used to have to pay for the next OS version upgrade, and for a program that would put your screen to sleep? Which, after you bought it, would be on floppy disks?
- TX81Z 3y agoAnd now we just blast as much personal data at the screen as possible while everything is easy, free, or subsidized by arcane bits of highly advanced financial fraud. Which, ok, works great for most people most of the time.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI remember being able to pay once for a piece of software, and then just use it - without having to know or care about the vendor, much less maintain an ongoing relationship with them. There's only so many ongoing relationships I can keep up with at the same time, and the last thing I want is to establish a new one with another fly-by-night vendor of barely-MVP software toy. Especially the kind of abusive relationship as typical with businesses these days, where they either keep upselling me garbage non-stop, or ghost me in hopes I'll forget I have an automated recurring payment set up with them.