minus-squareheavyboots@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoService as a subscription, for me. It used to be you bought a product and then you owned it. Now if you want practically anything from streaming media to freaking car washes, you have to “subscribe”. linkfedilink
minus-squareheavyboots@lemmy.mltoTechnology@beehaw.org•Microsoft quietly released a free offline version of Office, but you're not going to like itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-213 days agoBeing able to launch it locally if you can’t save open or locally seems extremely pointless. linkfedilink
Service as a subscription, for me. It used to be you bought a product and then you owned it. Now if you want practically anything from streaming media to freaking car washes, you have to “subscribe”.