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They're just examples of wider issues - not sure why you're getting hung up on the examples.

• theamk 3y ago
  No, I think that's exactly the point. I've heard this many of times: "I want to use X but it is subscription-only! .. What about Y, it does the same? ... Y is not polished enough for me, it is missing (some totally optional feature)" I am sure there are some cases where subscription is the only options, but I bet those are super rare. A lot of times when people complain about subscriptions, they are themselves subscribing to totally optional things like games and weather app and text editors.
  • phone8675309 3y ago
    My brother in Christ, the video itself gives other examples than text editors and games and weather apps! The big one is Adobe and the lockin using Adobe products. I wouldn't say there is an industry standard replacement for Photoshop with the features people need, that is interoperable with others using Photoshop, and without a subscription fee otherwise people would already be using it!
    • gruez 3y ago
      > My brother in Christ, the video itself gives other examples than text editors and games and weather apps! And if you read my or the parent's comment more carefully, you'd see that we're not dismissing concerns for all subscription software, only pointing out that weather apps and text editors are particularly bad examples. It's like making a rant about companies are profiteering, and using sports cars as examples. True, the fact that profiteering in sports cars can be justified doesn't mean that profiteering in other parts of the economy doesn't exist, but it's fair to point out how bad of an example it is.