Subscription services are not worth it, period. Phone and internet bills are all you need to get everything you want at the best possible qualities in the best possible formats. Subscription services are only convenient for the lazy who don’t know how to use the internet.
I hate it when mobile apps are advertised as free only to reveal that you need a subscription to use them. Not everything needs to be subscription based. I miss actually owning software.
As Tom and many comments in that thread point out, there are valid use cases for VPNs. If you want to obfuscate your traffic just enough to avoid copyright notices when torrenting, or to access a streaming service in another jurisdiction, then a VPN is the right tool for the job. Just don’t expect it to meaningfully protect your privacy in any way.
I agree 100%. Subscription services have ruined plenty of good software, among other things. I don’t know how people can stand the feeling of not owning anything, just basically renting them and being at the mercy of the corporation that owns them.
Though this may be true for movies and shows, for games there’s basically only one Denuvo cracker in the scene now, which means releases are slow and by (paid) request.
Subscription services are not worth it, period. Phone and internet bills are all you need to get everything you want at the best possible qualities in the best possible formats. Subscription services are only convenient for the lazy who don’t know how to use the internet.
I hate it when mobile apps are advertised as free only to reveal that you need a subscription to use them. Not everything needs to be subscription based. I miss actually owning software.
Free to install - Sub to use
I subscribe to a VPN though
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As Tom and many comments in that thread point out, there are valid use cases for VPNs. If you want to obfuscate your traffic just enough to avoid copyright notices when torrenting, or to access a streaming service in another jurisdiction, then a VPN is the right tool for the job. Just don’t expect it to meaningfully protect your privacy in any way.
I agree 100%. Subscription services have ruined plenty of good software, among other things. I don’t know how people can stand the feeling of not owning anything, just basically renting them and being at the mercy of the corporation that owns them.
Though this may be true for movies and shows, for games there’s basically only one Denuvo cracker in the scene now, which means releases are slow and by (paid) request.