StarServal

So you can’t.

alt left extremist

Please define this.

Finally! 5gs to go with my five cheese.

Reoccurring bills are also subscriptions. Like rent, food, electricity, gas, water, etc.

I’m trying, but I see this going the same way as MTX in video games.

Again you’re missing the point.

This is the future of everything.

I’m not talking about this one specific application. I’m talking about the trend that everything is taking.

One thing in isolation isn’t bad. “ItS oNlY $xx.99/yr” after all.

But when stepping back and looking at the trend you see a different story.
It’s only $10
It’s only $15
It’s only $30
It’s only $5
It’s only $50
It’s only $100
It’s only $60
It’s only $3
It’s only $1599
It’s only $130
It’s only $45
It’s only $99
It’s only $200
It’s only…

As much as I support the developers’ right to profit off their work, I also cannot afford to have everything in my life turn into a reoccurring payment model.

“Using Java APIs is copyright infringement” Oracle? That Oracle?

It’s probably self-serving somehow. Getting the door slammed close in their faces rather than them doing the slamming.