@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net this whole stupid subscription model for products that already do the very thing the subscription is being sold for nightmare is not going to end is it?! 🤦♂️
@bender@twtxt.net Mind to share a few vanilla apps you are using ?
On the topic, I have mixed feelings. With Apps/Software/Services that are continuously improving, it could be acceptable IMO. My main issue is when you keep paying for a “finished product”. It’s more complicated if it has ads, it’s freemium, uses servers, and so on.
On the production side, well, they do it because they can (although we don’t like that they can, it seems). Development costs are continuously increasing, so it’s an endless rush to spend more to compete, subsidize costs somehow, then earn more, rinse and repeat.
I’ve seen successes of 5-10% on indie developers, but I’d like to know the numbers for huge companies. I’d expect to have big pressure from investors to sustain growth and fail way less.
@bender@twtxt.net gotcha! Apple offers a great ‘default’ ecosystem IMO. I was surprised that was being used in new environments, like manufacturing companies. iPhone even replaced blackberry 10 years ago.
I also think now there are a lot of self-hosted/Open options, for instance Obsidian instead of Notion.
I use Google Drive and Docs instead of MS Office, but obviously I’d like to have something good enough w/o Google.
Paint.net instead of Gimp and Photoshop. Inkscape is not great replacement of Illustrator, but works. Godot is becoming as good as Unity 2D. Blender is a good tool taught in schools… Just to name a few subscription free alternatives