It gets worse. You get a subscription for a streaming service. Now if you don’t pay for the premium version you have to watch commercials again. A subscription on a subscription.
That is what cable did. In the beginning, you paid for cable TV primarily because you got sick and tired of the ads on regular TV. Then you start having ads on cable TV that you already paid for. In other words, the cable companies are double dipping. And they claim it is to keep prices down. Yeah right.
@@RealShaktimaan I guess the marketing portion should be better regulated. Lot of subscription services have sketch marketing and contracts. Also, some practices should be looked at like easy to subscribe but hard to get out interfaces. I'd not say turn subscription illegal, but some types seem to not add anything and have no reason to be one and the "free" market is failing to react to them. Maybe what can become a subscription should be more specific.
Subscriptions only make sense when the product is repeatedly being made(e.g. newspapers, daily coffee/meals etc) or constantly adding more value(e.g. TV channels, Netflix). Paying a subscription for a static product is just as greedy as it gets.
The scam is they are doing "updates" and software engineers need to payed too right? I updated Quicken 2013 after a decade of just manually entering in my basic financial stuff...A glorified checkbook really. The new software has no difference in appearance or function.
Agree with OP. A static product can be software though. Like Word or Photoshop. But something like a news publication or Netflix is an acceptable subscription. The alternative is spending hundreds/thousands on DVDs or whatever digital/physical media. I have paid for Spotify for close to 20yrs. I’m fine with having access to all music for a monthly fee. My issue with visual media subscriptions is you have to pay loads of subscriptions because of greedy rights. Imagine a Spotify for TV!? And I don’t agree with having to pay extra to remove ads. That’s like the limited features in a car that are already in the car and withheld
Theres easy bypass to those articles. I also use free online streaming sites for movies and shows. UA-cam is the only one I'm forced since I use audio content to fall asleep.
imagine if everybody was like you XD but most ppl love subs as she mentioned when sales force and ms office started doing this. boo on those ppl who can afford paying for something they don't use every sec.
@@cattigereyes1I didn't knew, that my old DVD-Player has AI to stop me from watching my DVDs, instead of subscribing to Amazon+ and DisneyPrime... 😂😅
I’m quadriplegic and recently got new push assist wheels (wheels with motors in them to make pushing your wheelchair easier). The wheels cost $6,000. They used to come with an included remote that adjusted the settings for free. But now the controls to adjust the settings are in an app on your phone and if you want the full functionality, you have to pay a monthly subscription. Can you imagine if able bodied people had to pay a monthly subscription to make their legs work? Or an amputee pay a monthly subscription to get the full function of their prosthetic?
@@JustaReadingguy Email/call your politicians and ask them to talk about this and make it clear it's connected to your vote. Politicians are happy to trap us in issue-free ideologies, it makes their lives easier. I'm glad people are getting mad about real shared issues, because hopefully it will trigger some politicians to actually solve problems instead of just being People in Power.
@@williamyoung9401 Yeah, you can't even GET physical copies of a lot of games now, and even when you can it's the 1.0 version with no updates or bug fixes... and we all know how bug-free many 1.0 versions are now.
Companies are now using cloud services without realising what they are getting into. The cloud services providers can kill their business if they don't keep paying. The companies don't own anything. One flick of a switch and the company grinds to a halt.
We have the power to change this by stop paying for subscriptions, but instead, people keep buying them and a lot of them not only don’t see the problem, but they also defend this unethical business practice. Thank you for making this video and raising awareness on the topic, we should be talking about this way more
@@zekefrateryou don't need these services. The companies make you think we need it. 50 years ago the only subscriptions was newspaper and cable and people back than survived just fine. Companies don't know how to manage cash flow so they create unnecessary subscriptions. There are other companies out there that don't require subscriptions. Instead of HP get a cannon, Instead of getting a bmw get a Lexus.
Exactly, people need to stop buying "smart" home/tech products that require subscriptions, cars that require subscriptions for their features, *and* people need to significantly cut back or just stop entirely subscribing for streaming services. If you must, just pick 1 streaming service (Netflix, Hulu, Disney etc) then use UA-cam and/or piracy for the rest of what you want. Or just torrent everything (but educate yourself & use a VPN) This practice is only working because we are supporting it with our dollars. And also as mentioned in the video, we need to voice our frustration with the companies themselves, Consumer Advocacy Groups, and our local government. But first step is - don't pay for them in the first place! There are alternatives!
Thank you for pointing this out. At the end of the day, most of these useless subscriptions wouldn't be able to survive if so many people weren't choosing to pay for them.
“I couldn’t read the article”. Do you know how frustrating it is when you want to keep up to date on current news but EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE needs a subscription to even see ONE article?
When Netflix took off, movie piracy decreased but nowadays there are multiple different streaming services that show different movies, as a result movie piracy has become more popular than ever.
Right ! With so many different streaming services who pay to have the monopoly over a movie or series, most people cannot pay for all streaming services. They have to pick and choose the one that suits them best and if they really want to watch something from another service well... There aren't many options. Maybe streaming services should bring back loaning a movie or series for a price for those who don't want to subscribe, but really want to watch that one movie they heard about. Goes against their subscription ideology, put more profitable than piracy and there is always the chance that after "loaning to watch" a few movies or series from one streaming services, someone decides to subscribe after doing some simple maths 🤔
Goes to show, people aren’t cheapskates or thieves. If something’s reasonably priced and conveniently packaged, people will pay for it. When the pirates offer a better service for free than the companies who demand money in exchange, guess where people gonna go?
True. Sales of physical media are down a lot compared to 5 or 6 years ago, but BluRay, CD’s and even LP’s are being kept alive by a growing realisation that ‘online everything’ is not a good idea.
It's important to note that when you canceled your newspaper or magazine subscription. The existing copies didn't disappear from your house. You could also buy individual issues at a reasonable price.
I'm still annoyed with the change in newspaper or magazine subscriptions, though -- it used to be that you'd pay for a year of deliveries. Then they'd send you a notice, asking you to pay for the next year. If you didn't pay, they stopped delivering. Now, you are subscribed, whether you like it or not, and have to actively cancel to get it to stop. Subscriptions should be, by default, opt-in, where, at most, one willingly turns on auto-renewal, rather than being forced to cancel in order to turn it off.
Good luck canceling your newspaper subscription. I had one for a while and even though I was able to sign up online, I had to call them in order to cancel. I have no idea how that isn't an ADA violation.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Same with a carwash subscription I had. I looked all over the website for a cancellation, but had to submit a support ticket instead.
it is ILLEGAL TO circumvent software to USE the thing you OWN but its LEGAL for corporations to BRICK IT? This is top level anti consumer crap right there! we need to restart life on earth NOW!
@@davidperry4013 there is such a thing. Its called open source. Mega corporations always denounce it. Why? Becuase if forces absolutely transparency and allows you to "open up the hood" and modify any compent you don't like.
People out there dropping 50k+ on a car and the dealer has the audacity to charge subscription fees for features built into the car. THAT THEY PAID FOR
This is why I won't buy a new car my car is almost 20 years old all the buttons are IN THE CAR and not a single screen, I dont want screens in my fucking car
@@Sam-bm6yf I don't mind screens so long as it's only use for controlling the entertainment system. I don't want to use a screen to turn the air conditioning on/off or the windscreen wipers.
We've bought only HP printers for decades until recently when it detected a 3rd party ink cartridges. It's now in trash and we bought an Epson with refillable ink chambers.
It's annoying that one has to do research on whether or not a given printer will scam you, once you take it home. On the bright side, I've had good luck with Brother laser printers. They don't have a history with useless subscriptions, and hopefully it stays that way.
Mine detects the 3rd party cartridge and complains about, but prints anyways. I only have it because I got it for free from somebody that was replacing it. I'll be replacing it with a color laser printer from a reputable brand like Brother when I've got the money though. I do so little printing that by the time I need to print, the ink tends to be low or the nozzle clogged anyways.
This is actual piracy by the manufacturer. You paid for the car, its components, and the electricity; however, the manufacturer’s holding your car or components hostage until you pay an additional ransom. It should be illegal under the Internet Piracy Act!
You might want to review the definition of piracy. That is either you not doing your homework on what you want to buy, or it's you agreeing to a bad deal and incentivizing a sales model that you then want to bitterly complain about.
@flippy66 Yeah, typical American. “Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.” (Trilling) Take responsibility for your choices.
@flippy66 at least they're still in business. What's going to happen to Fiskar owners? Imagine shelling out 60k plus taxes only to find out a year later that your car will be completely useless ... and many will still have a payment due
that's why, when i buy stuff, i ALWAYS double check to make sure the item isnt subscription based. The good products still exist guys! You just have to double check everything to avoid being scammed.... which you should be doing anyway and not just buying on a whim
I cant believe its illegal to bypass a block a company put on YOUR product that you've paid for. Once you buy it, you own it and can do what you want with it
Yeah, somehow it's considered sabotage when you circumvent or remove restrictions from your own computer, yet somehow it's not considered sabotage that the manufacturer puts them there to prevent you from using the device in the expected way to begin with! Any reasonable judge would say "sucks to suck" to any manufacturer who failed to implement a bulletproof DRM program, but money talks...
As a CompSci major, just do it anyway. Take Fisker for example, if the servers go down like they say they will, how are they going to remotely find out you bypassed their restrictions? It's an interesting idea I've had an something I've been considering career wise; get into exploitation and then find and develop ways to bypass these restrictions on appliances and posting them to GitHub for anyone to use.
I'd be so scared if I had a "smart" home! Imagine coming home late from work and the house refuses to let you in because you haven't paid your subscription or because you came home outside of normal business hours, or because you didn't clean the house, or forgot to put the rubbish out, or the house heard you say something nasty about it!! THIS IS JUST PURE NIGHTMARE FUEL!! Not just another financial burden. This is horrifying and disgraceful.
And they make it difficult to stop the subscription. Hiding the phone number - if there is any at all, or keeping you calling back because "all lines are currently busy". And then when you do cancel they always manage to squeeze in an extra month or two out of you due to 'technical issues'. Using emails to cancel that don't exist. It goes on and on....
My brother is a farmer, and still using a tractor we used to use when were kids. It's 50+ years old, and still working fine. Needed refurbishing every ten years or so, but that's cheap compared to the cost of a new tractor.
As much as I agree that it should be illegal….sneaky engineers, CEOs, corporate lawyers and lobbyists will make certain it never happens or make legal excuses why an update to a phone OS caused it to slow down or brick (as an example)….. along with the economic flow of money from having us update our phones, cars, TVs, computers every 2-3 years.
It is illegal in most countries. The problem is it’s very hard to prove. A company just needs to find a way in which their product can be considered marginally better to have plausible deniability on the fact that the product’s lifetime is horrible.
this is not always the best idea its hard to explain why exactly but its easier to see, if you imagine the exact opposite what happens if nothing ever broke down? well the entire technical repair sector is gone this is the sector that has one of the highest average incomes that requires one of the highest average education levels this would cause major economic collapse and infact, it almost did after WW1 iirc stuff was manufactured to last a war the war stopped; manufacturing stayed the result was less repair jobs and because you needed to buy less items a reduction in all jobs that created new things in the first place your car lasts decades, why buy a new one? oops the car company can no longer afford to exist this caused some government panic this was the actual reason ford made coloured cars (he promised there would never be a coloured car) color was a form of making you feel left out this was *design obsolescence* and doubled ford income iirc there are records of officials suggesting that maybe we should pass laws that ensure all purchases have an expiration date and that they would create a department to monitor dates when the 4 year date on your car is up they would come and crush it themselves in an effort to ensure economic participation i agree - planned obsolescence is sh*t but in a most forms of economy perfect devices arnt exactly "good" either as i understand it, we need to create a system without money its not just a capitalist issue to solve its a problem of moneys existence in a system of trade and since we have no idea how that would work or if its possible making actually good laws, for the current system will be a very difficult task - its not a blanket yes or no let alone actually being able to tell if the laws been broken
Y'all need to get with Louis Rossmann. He's been screaming about this from the roof tops for freaking years. EDIT: UA-cam just shadow banned me for mentioning this man's name. I can't even reply to comments on this comment. I keep commenting and they don't show. EDIT2: I still can't see my comments.
@@junbun3642 If you had been truly following what's been happening, you wouldn't have said that. He's actually been working physically to get things done. He's attended so many court cases and recorded them. He even hired lobbyists for good chunks of money (albeit, not out of pocket, but donations from concerned people). He's been working hard and has helped pass some of the most famous right to repair bills in the country. I suggest that you actually watch his videos and truly follow.
@@junbun3642crazy how many court cases he’s been through to put up his own fight. Perhaps watch his past videos and you’ll have a more refined commentary on someone you obviously don’t know much about yet feel inclined to make empty statements. He’s opening the eyes of many whom will have never been exposed to it otherwise. That seems valuable to me.
This is why I simply cancelled ALL subscriptions and do generally not accept anything that's subscription based. If it means I can't have something - OK. No subscriptions, no depths of any kind - works great for me.
A purchase is an amortization amount, a monthly subscription amount, if you will. You can pay once or many times. Where do you put those videotapes you bought in the 80s? Or those CDs that stopped working after 10 years? They are yours, but their lifespan is over.
@ALEakaKorwin That's true - but everything has a lifespan. Something you own has a value. It deteriorates, or maybe it gains in value. But it always has a value. With a subscription you only get the right to use something - like music, or a car. It never has a value, but still costs associated with it. Being an economist and in the business for some time now I totally understand the idea of letting people buy small sums for renting stuff - it's so muxh easier to subscribe than to buy. Just 5€ a month don't hurt....but it adds up. And then there's the question how much you actually use something you subscribed for. If you have several subscriptions for pay TV or VoD....how much do you use every single one? What costs the actual hour of watching in the end? Subscriptions are so successful because it's simple psychology - and in the end it's like in a casino....you might have a lucky day, but in the end the bank always wins.
Problem is that it's not stopping the subscription creep. It works for now, but what happened when _all_ appliances require subscriptions. There needs to be pro consumer laws to protect us against this
Same here. No Netflix, no Amazon prime. I avoid HP hardware like a plague, and because I have the feeling that MS tries to push Windows to a "OS as service", just like it did with Onedrive and Office, I am replacing Win 10 with Debian 12. Still ongoing, I miss some workflows, but I am almost done
But this is what credit card companies did - at first you could say, okay, I just won't get a credit card. Then it became, you have to have one to live because your credit would suffer. Same thing with the smart phone. The companies force you into this stream and make it inconvenient to get out of it.
That's the plan all along. Offer a temporarily better service until you destroy all completion then hike prices and reduce quality as much as you like, they don't have a choice anymore.
@@TheStarBlackSure there is a choice. We turn our backs and go back into our local communities. Libraries, sharing media, piracy (not illegal if the companies are run by criminals too) and programming our own stuff. Yeah, we have to work again and start being creative. But that's better than being bloodsucked permanently by these greedy billionairs, who want more money than they can digest.
Do you know what printer to get for an artist? I have an hp printer currently. Thankfully, I'm not paying for some ridiculous subscription. But I feel like I can get a better printer.
@@2dents513The Canon PIXMA MG25515 is quite good, I have it and take GCSE Art at the minute, I believe it also has a photo copier and scanner as a part of it, but you will need to buy ink obviously. EDIT: it comes with two ink cartridges, one colour and one B&W
@@2dents513Not canon, they’re not far off HP in the printer business. Try either Brother or Epson. I’ve heard good things about them and they don’t seem to be nearly as scummy either. I’d also recommend colour laser printing if you’re printing often enough. The quality varies heavily but it’s considerably cheaper than inkjet or even inktank.
Klaus said it “you’ll own nothing”. When every service is a subscription, you truly own nothing. But the people are asleep at the wheel and things will only progress worse.
Exactly Corporations and investors don’t care if people gather up outside a store, warehouse, headquarters or factory to complain, they only care the second they start loosing profit. Vote with your money
Vote with your dollar. If everyone or even 10% of people stopped giving these companies money, it'll show and they will have to make adjustments or just miss out on money.
You should also cover owning games, movies, programs, and other digital media. You pay $30 for a movie, $80 for a game. But then Steam or Amazon can just remove it from its service with no refund.
On steam they have not removed access for people who already have the game on their account. This includes games that have been delisted and are no longer available for sale. Other services operating similar models for games or media have so they probably could legally. If they did I think it would destroy consumer confidence and thus the company. They did recently change some language to indicate that people are paying for a license. I think that was more to get ahead of regulations coming up.
Greed is never being happy with what you have. I have a nice house, I need another one. I have a nice car, I need another one. I have a big boat, I need a bigger one. On and on and on
My dad had to literally do weeks of research when I needed a new laserjet printer. Almost every option was connected to a subscription service. It’s just insane what subscriptions have come to these days Edit: for anyone wondering it’s the hp laserjet mfp m234dw and wil run you about 130 euro or probably 150-160 bucks
HP makes the non-subscription option somewhat hard to find but it should be available when you install one of their printers. Not sure how it works with other manufacturers but HP supposedly has the most aggressive form of pushing subscriptions.
I think the key with HP, is 'never to sign up' for the refill service, or anything else. Then you can use refilled or new HP cartridges. Once you agree or sign up, you can't go back or change your mind. I think. Can't stress that enough. That's how mine works, but it is older. Ugh. They are all making it harder instead of easier, and more expensive instead of more affordable.
@@vintagejaki751 yes we found one. It’s a hp one that wants you to subscribe but this model doesn’t require it. I can look up the exact model number if you want? Edit: for anyone wondering it’s the hp laserjet mfp m234dw and wil run you about 130 euro or probably 150-160 bucks
We bought a Sonos bluetooth speaker some months ago. It wouldn't play UA-cam videos unless we connect a paid youtube account. We retuned that speaker immediately. We just wanted a speaker - not a device that forces us into subscriptions just to use its basic function: to play sound.
@@yxmichaelxyyxmichaelxy3074Yeah. Pretty sure they just needed UA-cam premium in order to play the music while the device was locked. Has nothing to do with Sonos
We had a problem with Amazon charging and elderly relative for a subscription they new nothing about and never ever used. It was hard to even find out what it was actually for. Automatically renewed subscription should be illegal. They should reask every 6months
I just got a $125 hit because my contacts were apparently on subscription. I ordered the first delivery 6+ months ago and was shocked to get such a large unexpected charge right around Christmas.
I'm 50+. One thing wrong in this is the cable thing. Sure, it had a better signal but what they used to sell it was no commercials. Then commercials came in and you were just paying for regular ass TV. I no longer have cable and refuse to pay for all of this crap. I've got CDs, movies and video games. And if I can't access that I've got books and board games. These greedy companies can F OFF!!!
Yeah. Tubi is free and I think it has fewer ads than cable TV, Pluto use to be worse but it's gotten a little better. I'll never understand people who'll pay for things riddled with ads.
Also BTW they still have HP machines at the library so you are just shifting your cost of printing onto the general taxpayer , and HP still getting their money. Ur complicit in your own greed to print things for free
Imagine your refrigerator not dispensing ice and water because you didn't pay a subscription for something you already own... What's next? The whole refrigerator shuts off because of the same issue? That's absolutely absurd...
People pay their utility bills every month. Why are they not complaining about that? - Effectively it is a form of subscription, and one that practically support life. Let's be consistent here.
That instant ink thing is just theft. You own the physical asset. The board of directors from HP stole your physical asset. Ergo, they are guilty of burglary and should be charged accordingly.
I used to own an inkjet printer, but let it go maybe 15 years ago - got sick of paying $20 or $30 something for cartridges, plus I really didn't need to print stuff at home. Had NO idea this is what printing at home has devolved into! WHY would anyone agree to that?!
It depends on the specific language of what they describe is happening when they send you ink. Just because you hold something in your hand doesn't mean you own it. It could be on loan or consignment. If you sign a contract, you agree to the shitty terms.
I smashed my HP printer when it tried to force me to update the firmware. It was so cathartic. I'll never buy anything with HP branding again. I also don't buy any "smart" appliances.
I have old HP printer before this subscription crap. I can do anything there, but I had to dissemble and assemble it already twice to clean and repair it . Not everyone will do it at home.
There are some good choices for smart appliances. I always look for the ones that require no cloud, no subscription, or that are "cloud optional". Even a lot of the cheaper security cameras are like that. Z-Wave and Zigbee are protocols for smart devices like lights and doorlocks designed to work with a local hub, without subscriptions. A great example is the Doorbird smart doorbell. They offer a (free) cloud solution that makes it really simple to set up and use, but... all of the device's functions are exposed in standard protocols: you can get the camera feed with RTSP and get 2 way audio using SIP. But yeah, HP... I dropped them years ago. If a device does not function when I firewall it off from the Internet, I'm not buying it. But we're seeing this sort of behaviour more and more often: devices that don't really need the Internet will demand it to function. Smart TVs and vacuum robots that require "activation". Or these "mandatory" firmware updates. Now Philips is about to do the same thing with Hue lights; the hub stops functioning and requires an update... and at some point it will demand that you set up an account with them.
I am personally so glad that Hp is getting smacked about instant ink! I wrote so many lengthy complaints to them last year before canceling! This is so out of control and in 2024 I began my financial diet and cut my $279 subscription bill down to a lean $139. Its still more than I want to pay
Thats why I wont ever buy an HP printer. I hope more and more people avoid them like the plague as a "BAD investment" customer and they go out of business.
@@Chthonian121 I have a family of 4 that I share the Apple One service with, a business mail service, our domains, cloud service, prime, Netflix, disney, my daughter’s one video game
cancel all them besides internet and VPN and start pirating fk copyright laws its for rich only ZERO resepect deserved the fact even old copyright law disney is allowed special prvilages just for being rich AF. and SEED YOUR TORRENTS!
Important-Read this content creater>> the fact that software companies have to include all the conditions etc., they deceivingly dozens of small print pages of technical and confusing content! They should include a bullet point short statement that’s “to the point “ and very exact about pricing and cancellation and more. This is a horrible situation and only getting worse!
@@AdmiralBison 'Americans don't realize it yet and keep cheering on billionaires' dont you find it so disgusting.. i think alot of them are too immature and think that will be them one day.. but its not
I strated noticing this trend few years back With Ms-office. It bothered me then. Now every service provider is trying to loot you with some subscription model. Thanks for covering this topic.
you should probably blame adobe, I believe they started this , at least for the software app side and they dont even offer paid version if I am not mistaken. at least you can still buy out ms office. also I love the 365, 1tb for 55 a year plus the office suite and some odd feature, for me, is great. of course I am sure there are cheaper way , and not defending for subscription.
Many of us might well have to set up and live in "Scrap" villages! Each "Scrap" village will be populated by people known as "Scraps", who will have divorced themselves from money and all other aspects of mainstream society. I figure that each "Scrap" village will be built around a hand-dug well; and that each "Scrap" will live in a grass hut. At least each "Scrap" will actually OWN their grass hut and all of its contents, and won't have to pay subscriptions for any of them! The term "Scrap" comes from the movie "Demolition Man". In that movie, the "Scraps" were people who didn't like the idea of living under Dr. Raymond Cocteau's draconian regulations. These people therefore literally lived underground, beneath San Angeles. The "Scraps" in "Demolition Man" were led by Edgar Friendly.
Very happy to see this being discussed. I had an epsom printer that wouldn’t let me print black because my color cartridge was empty, even though the black cartridge was full. Recently Mazda shut off my remote start unless I pay them $10 a month. Now we’re paying it and it’s still not working and calling their customer service makes me want to bash my head into a wall. No one speaks English, they all sound utterly miserable and they have no idea how to identify or resolve the issue. I’m starting to believe the Amish people were correct and could foresee this hellish dystopian technological nightmare we are in.
Having to pay a subscription to use your car's remote is just straight up criminal, as is any subscription locking something you bought with yet another paywall
I was in the same position as you are with my Epson printer, as it wouldn't print unless it detects the correct chip for the cartridge. Therefore, I converted the firmware (not sure how much I've paid for it since it's been a while) so that it fools the printer into thinking all the ink cartridges are full. From there, I've spent less than $50 for ink and refillable cartridge and I've been using it for almost 1.5 years now with only slight issues when the ink runs out, but given the quantity of ink that I still have, it would probably run for a pretty long time before the need to buy more ink. So glad I did that and saved hundreds of dollars on ink cartridges that probably take Epson less than a few dollars to produce .
What makes me more bothered is that not only HP has the subscription, but the minimum subscription I have says I have to pay money for each sheet I print over their limit......but yet I buy the paper.😒
Do not , keep your old car. The new ones with software are nightmares. Not only the car takes all the data from your mobile if you are using the navigation system, hand free calls etc.. No regulation about that and they can sell the information or use as the fell as fit. But worse, I have one of these cars with lots of gadgets, I had an accident thinking it was my fault. Thank goodness I had witnesses to confirm what I said. I was reversing to park but when I went forward and brake, the moment I put my foot on the brake petal, the car zoomed like mad and I went though someone's garden. After 7 months it was repaired, it did again but this time, I recognised the noise and took my feet off , the computer then used the automatic brake. It took over 2 months for them to figure out the problem. I went online and found at least over 15 people had the EXACT same problem when they were parking and the exact same car. Now , next week it goes back to the garage because one of the system , ABS or reverse sensors or the auto parking or the tyres sensors is broken. So they need to diagnose the problem before he said it trigger the others and I will need to change all of them. And they are lots of these in the car. The dashboard gives the 4 warnings at the same time. I miss my old car with no computer.
This video should be shown to everyone. Younger people, show your family this, honestly. Help them discern what's actually helpful vs. straight dog doodoo.
I'm in my seventies, my kids become frustrated with me for not "buying new", repairing or buying refurbished used. My vehicles don't sew on my buttons or talk to me, I put the key in the ignition and drive on my own where I want to go. I can believe that there are people who pay huge amounts for subscriptions, I know I pay zero. If I want to listen to music, that's what my radio is for, I can use the dial on my thermostat to change the temperature in my house. Connecting so many household appliance through a phone or internet is asinine, we are getting more tech at the expense of our mental acuity and financial health.
Children just don't have the perspective. It's something you gain from being screwed over a couple times. If you want kids to understand you have to figure out a way for them to experience it personally. Once someone has been screwed over a couple times by something they will realize.
@@hhjhj393 My feeling is the social pressures are causing the major problem. No more job applications at a business, cars that only have outlets for some gizmo, or worse only blue tooth connections. The list goes on. I am retired and can say stick a sock in it, no thanks, they can't.
Yeah.... When I started seeing "smart fridges" or vehicles where you had to pay to use the heated seat feature in the vehicle you literally own!? ...... Humanity dropped several IQ points I'm afraid will take decades to reverse and/or the sun finally blasts a massive EMP and we get a few months technology free.
As a software engineer, I agree mostly with the message, but also, I kinda like smart home automation. It seems like a fun hobby to setup my own temperature sensors and connect it to my aircon so it has more accurate information about the room temp. It's also kinda cool to work on creating a home inventory system that tracks my foods and can automatically compile my shopping list. And work on a way to import receipts into that system so when I buy things it can automatically update. I dunno, I guess my main message is don't blame the tech, blame the scummy companies behind them.
This is such an important issue, that we don't see enough people talk about. Everything is turning pay-to-usr these days, and the days of buying a software licence versus a monthly subscription seem to be waning, and that is quite scary. We're getting lulled into a reality of big companies taking care of our "best interests" for a fee, and that us just not something they should be trusted with. Thank you for giving this attention.
all while resources get depleted and landfills fill up. destroying our society and draining the life out of everyone so a small amount of "people" can hoard their billions
@aaad3552 I don't think 'communism' has ever been actually evil as a concept. At least no more than many other political philosophies. As a European citizen, I've grown up in a place with primarily socialist leanings, and I've seen the benefits it has for those who aren't strong enough to have to fight for a place at the top like capitalism encourages. Not saying capitalism is evil either, because I don't think many philosophies are, just pointing out a different to America. ✌️
You really got me with the WSJ article about people being tired of subscriptions requiring a subscription. So, yes, you got yourself a subscription to your channel
This all depends on broke and ''dumb' buyers, The box clearly says it works on the instant ink program. If people would rather pay for home delivery cartriges than to order cartriges when the time comes. They should at least look up the product to know that HP will disable the printer without it instead of complaining after.
Well, my new washing machine sends me a notification on my phone instead of going like "beep beep MF" in the middle of the night. It may not seem like much, but it really had an impact on how I use it. So products getting smarter is not really a problem - what's being done with their new capabilities is a problem.
And that's why I'm still buying CDs, Blu rays and DVDs whenever I find them. I'm tired of companies trying to make everything a subscription, especially for things I already own.
Unfortunately, the enshittification of apps works around it. I made a one-time purchase for my disabled son’s AAC app. Worked well, but then a couple of months ago they rolled the subscription model! At first they were assuring us that people who made the one-time purchase won’t be affected. Guess what? When the app updated itself it people needed to change their device (which happens often with disabled kids - things break) - your account automatically became subscription based! I hate it. Now I have to make monthly payments to give my son a voice.
Then don’t buy them. Don’t subscribe. Buy DVDs and CDs from your local thrift store. Use dumb appliances. Don’t buy cars that make you subscribe to use basic features that have been in them for years. The only way to get this to stop is to not subscribe to their services.
That printer story really tells how poor regulated US actually is as that something 100% Illegal yet here it being completely allowed with nothing done.
It isn't only in the US. In the UK too, I bought a HP printer after a month, it asked me to subscribe but I refused since I have a printer with lots of ink but not usable. I decided not to give them another penny because they are forcing me to do so. I bought another printer from another company instead. And from then I decided I will not buy another product from HP.
@@meditationsoothingmusic156 About 5 years ago H&P decided to stop all their printers working that were not using genuine H&P ink, this was actually done instantly, it was set for a particular date in the future. When I heard about this I also decided to never buy any H&P product, I have an Epson printer I can use generic ink that is very cheap, but even this printer wasn’t immune, as it stopped working as it has reached the maximum paper count! So they decide how many sheets it can print until it reaches the end of its life! Luckily I managed to pay a guy in Vietnam $9 to reset the printer counter so it was as good as new again!
This is what was really great with California's new law that forces Steam and other services from noting video game purchases are not "purchases". We need this for ALL products, and price regulation on "rentals" If HP is going to lock my ink cartridge "I" better be getting my own damn "storage" fee and THEY need to be responsible for recycling THEIR Cartridge, unless it's in an accident not a sngle cartridge better end up in a landfill, they are invoking a heavy carbon tax on the world doing what they are doing.
And I'm super glad this is becoming an issue because it shows a real and concrete role for government that isn't just fooling around with sociology and ideology. This is what government is FOR, it's to stop companies from running rampant. If the person you're voting for isn't talking about this, they're not doing their job fully. Stop letting people get away with doing half a job and demand they consider how regulations protect people from exploitation.
the same people saying this typically use ad-blockers all the time and complain about the ad industry. At some point, the people providing the service need to make money, including journalists.
@@Pensandoci9 Many news organizations claim that "Privacy Badger" is an ad-blocker. All privacy badger does is block cross-site tracking. But it blocks common ads by interfering with the real-time bidding process used by online advertising.
I have walked out of many places when I asked it any part of this unit requires a subscription. When they say yes, I simply say I am buying from the EU.
Lol should organize a dozen or more people to go to this store. One after the other, each asks if a subscription is required for the item. One after the other, hearing that it is, they say they will take their business elsewhere and walk out. If this was a large scale campaign hitting many stores might make an impact 😂
@@spektredJust for your awareness, Eufy does store thumbnails of your event recordings in the cloud. And those are always a picture from the recording. Otherwise you could not see them in the app before the camera is accessed. In default settings your Eufy app can access recordings from outside of your home network, which means there is an internet connectivity to the local SD card storage that theoretically could be exploited by the company. Eufy is owned by Anker, a Chinese company. Make with that information what you feel is right.
The longest it took for me to cancel a subscription was 5 minutes. And that took longer only because I demanded they remove my credit card info permanently.
@@halucinator1 Even if it's not a physical item, if I bought it I should be able to treat it the same way as a physical object. If I 'buy' a movie or video game or piece of software, I should be able to lend it to my family to use, should be able to sell it when I no longer need it etc. If I'm not 'buying' the product then don't show me a buy button, show me a rent or lease button instead!
@@halucinator1i would add that if a game can get pulled from an online store without notice, its value should be refunded since its no longer available. Allowed exception would be a game available for over 10 years (from purchase, not from availability) and even that should be on print in terms and conditions.
I have a childhood friend that he became an electrical engineer and works for one of the biggest companies in our time.. he looks to have the least wireless or 'smart' things he can; getting the analog versions if available. He loves technology but hates how business is made out of it.
If a company goes bankrupt and out of business there is no longer any copyright. We use a program 15 yrs old and company no longer exists so we were able to make multiple copies to use internally for our use.
@@denelson83 It depends, and it's an absolute nightmare to work out. If you inquire, a lot of companies will just ask for the money as if they own the thing. Never trust a company to tell you if they own something; most will just say yes. Unless it's a very litigious company like Disney, and unless it's blatantly obvious what happened to the assets, I think people should just do it and dilute this powerful control companies exert over us. Just build yourself in an escape clause, like a reissue. If a living individual isn't being harmed, there's no actual ethics involved.
@@vf1923 ITs a night mare GOG goes through everyday. HELL they could have the Main Devs and previous owners ready to put it on GOG and a CopyTroll will showup claimin its theirs with this BUllshit Paper from a two bit lawyer. DMCA is broken and the Copyright and Patent offices dont Give a Shit and just Rubber stamp EVERYTHING Infront of them.
There is also this abandon ware thing. I know a game which was abandon ware and now they repackaged it to a game store and it's no longer abandon ware :) The game is from 1995 or so.
Yanis Varoufakis terms this “Technofeudalism”. And get ready to have subscriptions for everything from groceries to gas to restaurants. It’s coming soon.
...flashing toilet will also be a subscription. 10 times a day let's say.. If you want to flash more, you have to pay more. and If you want your family use the toilet you have to pay for family subscription. but only for those who live with you under the same address. that's pathetic. people should hold together to fight subscription hell.
I think that we should adopt the same approach as they have for Tobacco in many countries. The packaging, the item and the advertisement has to be such, that 40% of its area is covered with white lettering on black background spelling out the need for a subscription and the cost of it.
Everyone has known for decades that printers deliberately drain your ink cartridges unnecessarily. The most famous example is printers mixing color cartridges into black ink for a "richer tone." Knowing how shady they are with wasting your ink on purpose, trying to sell us a system that wastes your ink then buys more automatically is wildly tonedeaf 😂
Damn, that's why I couldn't print when I only had black ink. They're being even bigger as*holes than I had imagined. I don't have a printer anymore at least.
I have a laser printer from 1993 that still works fine, and I'm holding onto it for dear life. In it's lifetime, it's had the rollers replaced twice ($30 for a set), and has gone through a 3 or 4 toner cartriges ($40 each), and it still works great!
@blobtv7444 Absolute bullshit. The cartridge would have been dried-up years ago. I know, I used one at work everyday. The cartridges cost more than the printer.
@@yxmichaelxyyxmichaelxy3074I don't believe you have a job anywhere. You're trying to compare a 200 lb office printer used by 50 plus people daily to a household desktop used by a family?
I think one of the worst subscription scams I have come across is when we were apartment hunting, on the biggest market website in my country, you would need a 'premium' subscription to apply for certain apartments. There was no workaround, since there were no other contact information available. 39€ a month just for the chance to apply for an apartment that is already way overpriced. Of course after having found an apartment, I now have to still pay for that for another 4 months for absolutely nothing.
So I've met with even a bigger scam. We have original websites for apartments in our country, but also some common ad sites (a bit like marketplace, but different - some specifically only focus on serious ads like houses, cars, jobs etc). So sometimes agencies or landlords also put their own ads on those sites, hoping more people will see it. You open the ad, see some rooms, get to a link to the original housing website where the original ad is from (only way to see it or contact them) - NOPE! Need to pay to even OPEN THE AD TO SEE THE HOUSE. How tf do I first pay for a subscription, without even being able to see the ads and houses, hell what if I pay and turns out this site offers nothing I'm interested in, then what, just a waste of money. You won't believe how many of them are like that too - I'd need to take out a subscription to literally every single site (30 euros each) and like I said just to be able to browse their ads and very possibly find nothing you like since we have housing crisis as it is. Ended up being limited only to ONE site where yes you had to pay to contact the landlords, but at least it allowed you to first see the ads so at least when I was sure I will contact five people it didn't feel like paying for nothing. Still, I wouldn't but it's literally the only option if you want to avoid agencies and their extra costs. I cancelled the subscription the same month (so only paid once) the second I signed the rent contract.
OMG the same happened to me I had to pay for a service to have access to available accomodation options which I ended up not finding any, and only realized later that the payment wasn't a one time thing, so I had to cancel the subscription, so messed up that subscriptions have inflitrated all aspects of life
I’d write down all the info for places you like so after the four months if you need to move you won’t need to buy again. Yes, you’ll have to cold call to see what’s available but still better than wasting money
@@crusherven No, businesses adopt these models because of how many people will pay for the service without ever using it. A gym is a subscription service, a service that would not be profitable if there weren't swaths of people who sign up for a gym, use it a few times, then dont go back but keep paying for it for a long time.
@@connorlomas1108 most of those techniques were ineffective, which is why the went to subscription (or always online). You don't have to believe me, companies have stated that as one of the reasons
@@crushervenha. I wish ending piracy would stop subscriptions. But no, investors, the stock market, and companies wanting infinite growth bc greed is why it's ended up this way. Oh and lobbying stopping laws to stop this stuff
The BMW and Benz lockouts are craaaaaaaaaaaazy. Soon they won't let you put air in your tires unless you pay a subscription. No changing tires unless you pay subscription.
Subscriptions make you broke. So many people don't realize what they spend on it. I had a pest control knock on my door wanting me to subscribe to his service for 20 a month. Told him, that's crazy. Get out of here. 😂😂
Sounds like a one-man/small business trying to make it big, which is OK. If it were a big corporation, I'd ask them to give me a demo on eliminating the pest I see standing right before me before I consider signing up.
@@aritragupta4182 no, he mentioned, you probably see our vans in your neighborhood all the time. I told him no I don't. Since then, I can't think of a time I've seen their vans.
My bank was trying to sell me a subscription to their alert service, and when I asked how much it was it was something absurd like $25/mo. I told them upfront how silly that was.
Subscriptions are one of many examples of how wrong the 21st century has gone. 50 years ago, even suggesting something like this would have gotten you laughed into oblivion.
I spend nothing on subscriptions, even had a look at Disney+ today and the subscription plans immedially turned me off. Why is subscription WITH ads a thing?? What am I paying for if ads are gonna play? And more importantly, how do they prevent ad blockers from making it redundant?
Electricity, this is an easy hack. Just configure your bank account so the utility company is on bill pay and push $30 to the account every single week regardless of what is due. You'll notice that somehow your bill always stay near zero most of the time. Internet, they will try to raise the price every time your annual contract ends. Call them up, and DEMAND that your contract be renewed or you will consider closing your account. They will do what you ask. My internet has been about $50/month for years. Phone is a tricky one. I'm with Google Fi, so the more people I get to join my account the cheaper it is for each person. (But it could get as cheap as $25/month if I recall) And they have a $60 sign up bonus right now. Unfortunately my circle of friends are too comfortable to move over.
@@VVerVVurm dude, no one has an electricity subscription. and phone plans arent expensive if youre smart. there are lots of cheap plans out there. i pay 9aud (6usd) for unlimited talk and text and 10gb of data a month
@@benjaminloyd6056 It's funny as I happen to have a Microsoft office 2010 on my hard drive and I can do anything with it as with the newest 365 version I have at work :)) There is literally nothing I would need from the new one. I think I even have 2007 office.. same thing. I would have to do something really special to require some extra new features.. most of the new stuff is just connecting to cloud and cloud work etc. Besides saving or opening a document in the old versions is so much faster when you don't need to find the local disk menu first under many layers of onedrive and cloud menus etc.
That's not the right way around. Free software developers are generally not fighting, only making things better. It's extortionate companies that are fighting their own customers.
@@BitTheByte Would you be less confused if we used libre, or capitalized Free Software (as in the Free Software Foundation)? The term refers to user freedoms, not price. "Open source" was coined later, with a definition based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines, specifically to avoid mentioning freedoms. Which doesn't even matter in this discussion, because the point was who the offensive party is.
I'm still using my 10 year old HP printer and I have another one of them brand new in the box when that one goes! No subscriptions, no hoatage situations...it just prints! Buy old stuff! It's built better, it works better....hell, IT WORKS PERIOD!😂
"I'm sorry, we have found that your political ideologies are not inline with the current established view. For your safety, your vehicle has been shut off"
Thanks to this video, I discovered almost $100 worth of bunk subscriptions being charged to me every month. Subscriptions for products YOU PURCHASE YOURSELF need to be made illegal.
Luis Rossman does a great job covering this topic every day. Its outrageous where we are as a society and we all need to work together to push back against these greedy and anti-consumer practices.
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing! >:)
I got the reason, time to make the money (・∀・)
I HEARD THAT 💯!! 🟪
Exactly!
I believe a tech guy said that it's basically our duty now :3
Arrrrr!!
It gets worse. You get a subscription for a streaming service. Now if you don’t pay for the premium version you have to watch commercials again. A subscription on a subscription.
And don't forget if you pick a lower tier subscription some content is locked behind a higher tier subscription.
And eventually, you can’t opt out of ads. Like cable. :(
All the more reason to buy or keep your cd music and vhs takes or DVD 😮
That is what cable did. In the beginning, you paid for cable TV primarily because you got sick and tired of the ads on regular TV. Then you start having ads on cable TV that you already paid for. In other words, the cable companies are double dipping. And they claim it is to keep prices down. Yeah right.
@@eudofiaI still have cable n they really do
This needs to be illegal.
@@RealShaktimaan I guess the marketing portion should be better regulated. Lot of subscription services have sketch marketing and contracts. Also, some practices should be looked at like easy to subscribe but hard to get out interfaces. I'd not say turn subscription illegal, but some types seem to not add anything and have no reason to be one and the "free" market is failing to react to them. Maybe what can become a subscription should be more specific.
@@RealShaktimaan Wait until you can't buy any printer without a subscription, then you won't have a choice.
@@RealShaktimaan explain? Your physical device requires money to use monthly after purchase? How is that legal? Answer wisely..
@@cattigereyes1 which device requires subscription?
Imagine voting republicant to deregulate systems hurts people
Subscriptions only make sense when the product is repeatedly being made(e.g. newspapers, daily coffee/meals etc) or constantly adding more value(e.g. TV channels, Netflix).
Paying a subscription for a static product is just as greedy as it gets.
You are the problem.
The scam is they are doing "updates" and software engineers need to payed too right? I updated Quicken 2013 after a decade of just manually entering in my basic financial stuff...A glorified checkbook really. The new software has no difference in appearance or function.
Agree with OP. A static product can be software though. Like Word or Photoshop. But something like a news publication or Netflix is an acceptable subscription. The alternative is spending hundreds/thousands on DVDs or whatever digital/physical media. I have paid for Spotify for close to 20yrs. I’m fine with having access to all music for a monthly fee. My issue with visual media subscriptions is you have to pay loads of subscriptions because of greedy rights. Imagine a Spotify for TV!? And I don’t agree with having to pay extra to remove ads. That’s like the limited features in a car that are already in the car and withheld
No it doesn't make sense.
I need to subscribe for coffee, news and food dam you have been dropped to many as a baby.
Needing a subscription to read an article about why people are upset about subscriptions is just diabolical
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Magazine and newspaper subsciptions existed before the internet lol
Theres easy bypass to those articles. I also use free online streaming sites for movies and shows. UA-cam is the only one I'm forced since I use audio content to fall asleep.
I actively avoid subscriptions. Can't buy it standalone? Then I don't need it.
Exactly! The sooner we stop buying, the sooner these companies will stop their scams.
@@TheStarBlackno they will force it by NOT allowing usage. Withhold from the consumer and force subscribers. Hahaha thank you AI..
imagine if everybody was like you XD but most ppl love subs as she mentioned when sales force and ms office started doing this. boo on those ppl who can afford paying for something they don't use every sec.
@@cattigereyes1what you mean ?
@@cattigereyes1I didn't knew, that my old DVD-Player has AI to stop me from watching my DVDs, instead of subscribing to Amazon+ and DisneyPrime... 😂😅
Thus the reason I only buy "dumb" appliances. I don't need a fridge nagging me that my milk supply is getting low.
My wife bought a dumb refrigerator just a few months ago. In this case it is truly stupid to buy 'smart'.
I agree but I also enjoy wireless printing and in the future there may not be dumb appliances, unfortunately
Anyone who purchases Smart appliances are stupid.
Beep boop "You can only buy GE Brand milk!"
Is… is this a real thing? A fridge costing a monthly subscription? Or are you just using a hyperbole example?
I’m quadriplegic and recently got new push assist wheels (wheels with motors in them to make pushing your wheelchair easier). The wheels cost $6,000. They used to come with an included remote that adjusted the settings for free. But now the controls to adjust the settings are in an app on your phone and if you want the full functionality, you have to pay a monthly subscription. Can you imagine if able bodied people had to pay a monthly subscription to make their legs work? Or an amputee pay a monthly subscription to get the full function of their prosthetic?
Absolutely shocking! How can that even be legal?
Thats diabolical omg it’s just greed
That’s why right to repair and ownership laws need to be focused on
Yes, but politicians want money and businesses want power.
Exactly there was never a democracy 💀 @@JustaReadingguy
@@JustaReadingguyyup politicians and companies are in bed together.
Yes yes yes, right to repair is so much more expansive than people realize.
@@JustaReadingguy Email/call your politicians and ask them to talk about this and make it clear it's connected to your vote. Politicians are happy to trap us in issue-free ideologies, it makes their lives easier. I'm glad people are getting mad about real shared issues, because hopefully it will trigger some politicians to actually solve problems instead of just being People in Power.
Subscription models have allowed companies to transform consumption into a form of rent extraction.
I call it blackmail.
and rent extraction means perpetual control over the working class
Steam games! 😓
@@williamyoung9401 Yeah, you can't even GET physical copies of a lot of games now, and even when you can it's the 1.0 version with no updates or bug fixes... and we all know how bug-free many 1.0 versions are now.
Tax cuts so they can tax you?
Everything is becoming a rental. Very scary because you will never be free if you’re always trapped renting everything.
wow you make a big point
"You will own nothing, and you will be happy" -World Economic Forum, Agenda 2025, said at 2016 meeting.
Companies are now using cloud services without realising what they are getting into. The cloud services providers can kill their business if they don't keep paying. The companies don't own anything. One flick of a switch and the company grinds to a halt.
@@chanchanCan3891You are taking that quote out of context.
It's gotten to the point where love is rental.
We have the power to change this by stop paying for subscriptions, but instead, people keep buying them and a lot of them not only don’t see the problem, but they also defend this unethical business practice. Thank you for making this video and raising awareness on the topic, we should be talking about this way more
No we dont we need these services so we myst pay.
@@zekefrateryou don't need these services. The companies make you think we need it. 50 years ago the only subscriptions was newspaper and cable and people back than survived just fine. Companies don't know how to manage cash flow so they create unnecessary subscriptions. There are other companies out there that don't require subscriptions. Instead of HP get a cannon, Instead of getting a bmw get a Lexus.
Exactly, people need to stop buying "smart" home/tech products that require subscriptions, cars that require subscriptions for their features, *and* people need to significantly cut back or just stop entirely subscribing for streaming services. If you must, just pick 1 streaming service (Netflix, Hulu, Disney etc) then use UA-cam and/or piracy for the rest of what you want. Or just torrent everything (but educate yourself & use a VPN)
This practice is only working because we are supporting it with our dollars. And also as mentioned in the video, we need to voice our frustration with the companies themselves, Consumer Advocacy Groups, and our local government. But first step is - don't pay for them in the first place! There are alternatives!
@@zekefraterwrong, you NEED shelter, food, clothing. You’ve been brainwashed to think you NEED subscriptions. Expand your mind
Thank you for pointing this out. At the end of the day, most of these useless subscriptions wouldn't be able to survive if so many people weren't choosing to pay for them.
“I couldn’t read the article”. Do you know how frustrating it is when you want to keep up to date on current news but EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE needs a subscription to even see ONE article?
oh my fucking god oh yes! it's trapped in a paywall and I can't read this and that whew
It's also terrible if you're trying to do school work and trying to do research not on wikipedia, cause any source not on there is pay or die
If you know there will be a paywall, when you open the article, click ctrl+A then ctrl+C and open a text or word doc and ctrl+V
Happy reading :)
@@dont-worry-about-it- is there a similar hack reading from smartphones?
Don't read from articles anyway, they just copy the same basic info from other sites.
When Netflix took off, movie piracy decreased but nowadays there are multiple different streaming services that show different movies, as a result movie piracy has become more popular than ever.
Right ! With so many different streaming services who pay to have the monopoly over a movie or series, most people cannot pay for all streaming services. They have to pick and choose the one that suits them best and if they really want to watch something from another service well... There aren't many options. Maybe streaming services should bring back loaning a movie or series for a price for those who don't want to subscribe, but really want to watch that one movie they heard about. Goes against their subscription ideology, put more profitable than piracy and there is always the chance that after "loaning to watch" a few movies or series from one streaming services, someone decides to subscribe after doing some simple maths 🤔
Goes to show, people aren’t cheapskates or thieves. If something’s reasonably priced and conveniently packaged, people will pay for it. When the pirates offer a better service for free than the companies who demand money in exchange, guess where people gonna go?
i do it.
when they take something off one service and put it on another service that was the final straw.
True. Sales of physical media are down a lot compared to 5 or 6 years ago, but BluRay, CD’s and even LP’s are being kept alive by a growing realisation that ‘online everything’ is not a good idea.
It's important to note that when you canceled your newspaper or magazine subscription. The existing copies didn't disappear from your house. You could also buy individual issues at a reasonable price.
I sense hoarding tendencies.
I'm still annoyed with the change in newspaper or magazine subscriptions, though -- it used to be that you'd pay for a year of deliveries. Then they'd send you a notice, asking you to pay for the next year. If you didn't pay, they stopped delivering.
Now, you are subscribed, whether you like it or not, and have to actively cancel to get it to stop.
Subscriptions should be, by default, opt-in, where, at most, one willingly turns on auto-renewal, rather than being forced to cancel in order to turn it off.
Good luck canceling your newspaper subscription. I had one for a while and even though I was able to sign up online, I had to call them in order to cancel. I have no idea how that isn't an ADA violation.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Same with a carwash subscription I had. I looked all over the website for a cancellation, but had to submit a support ticket instead.
@@amonoceros What's the problem? You need an annual reminder you are subscribing?
You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy, they said. And by you, they meant "us" the people.
How can I be happy when I'm own nothing?, that doesn't make any sense for now.
the world economic forum. you get it my guy
Service providers are the owners, right? Sheer hypocrisy.
@@freedomutilities9240not for now. But over time, you’ll be brainwashed to believe that this is the case.
WEF new world order
it is ILLEGAL TO circumvent software to USE the thing you OWN but its LEGAL for corporations to BRICK IT? This is top level anti consumer crap right there! we need to restart life on earth NOW!
Repeal DMCA and make copyright laws that are designed to protect individual creators instead of mega corporations.
this is only going to get a LOT worse, Trump1s administration will remove any and all consumer protection and anti-fraud laws
@@davidperry4013 there is such a thing. Its called open source. Mega corporations always denounce it. Why? Becuase if forces absolutely transparency and allows you to "open up the hood" and modify any compent you don't like.
kinda glad i am not in "DeVeLoPeD" country and can pirate shit
These capitalist tactics are exactly what leads to corporate paranoia and anti-trust in the government.
Apps with ridiculous subscription prices deserve to be pirated
I paid for RFS and I need to pay 29.99 PLN a month for all features.
Like Microsoft Windows 😅
@@maureenmuiruri6591 i havent bought windows since windows 98se
Adobe my beloved /s
@@maureenmuiruri6591 they promote piracy dude it's free if u don't mind little corner of your screen saying please buy it
People out there dropping 50k+ on a car and the dealer has the audacity to charge subscription fees for features built into the car. THAT THEY PAID FOR
This is why I won't buy a new car my car is almost 20 years old all the buttons are IN THE CAR and not a single screen, I dont want screens in my fucking car
@@Sam-bm6yfthat was my plan until someone decided to run a stop sign.
I don't have a point, just angry 😡
@@Sam-bm6yf I don't mind screens so long as it's only use for controlling the entertainment system. I don't want to use a screen to turn the air conditioning on/off or the windscreen wipers.
customers rebelled against BMW and they stopped the heated seat subscriptions. more of that needs to happen
its a tricky thing because people buy the cars. Its why people need to look closer and thorough, but that would require effort
Cancel them. Cancel all of them. Everything.
We've bought only HP printers for decades until recently when it detected a 3rd party ink cartridges. It's now in trash and we bought an Epson with refillable ink chambers.
The new models are all junk. The old ones allowed for 3rd party cartridges.
@@prithviraj1080 Just forget about HP entirely. Treat them as what they are, scammers.
I get non OEM ink cartridges for my Canon printer, they thankfully haven’t locked consumers into branded refills.
It's annoying that one has to do research on whether or not a given printer will scam you, once you take it home.
On the bright side, I've had good luck with Brother laser printers. They don't have a history with useless subscriptions, and hopefully it stays that way.
Mine detects the 3rd party cartridge and complains about, but prints anyways. I only have it because I got it for free from somebody that was replacing it. I'll be replacing it with a color laser printer from a reputable brand like Brother when I've got the money though. I do so little printing that by the time I need to print, the ink tends to be low or the nozzle clogged anyways.
The worst thing is when all of your subscriptions go up at the same time and your wages stay the same
Amen!
Hack it 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Just cancel if you dont depend
on them... it is not rocket science
my wages go up, but so does my rent, my subscription, electric, phone, internet bill. I even have to pay for basic TV streaming (IPTV).
I don't have this problem because I don't subscribe to anything. Control your consumption.
This is actual piracy by the manufacturer. You paid for the car, its components, and the electricity; however, the manufacturer’s holding your car or components hostage until you pay an additional ransom. It should be illegal under the Internet Piracy Act!
You might want to review the definition of piracy. That is either you not doing your homework on what you want to buy, or it's you agreeing to a bad deal and incentivizing a sales model that you then want to bitterly complain about.
@flippy66 Yeah, typical American. “Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.” (Trilling) Take responsibility for your choices.
@flippy66 at least they're still in business. What's going to happen to Fiskar owners? Imagine shelling out 60k plus taxes only to find out a year later that your car will be completely useless ... and many will still have a payment due
Yes
No it is not piracy.
Ffs, you act like you are being FORCED to buy these things.
Just don't buy.
that's why, when i buy stuff, i ALWAYS double check to make sure the item isnt subscription based. The good products still exist guys! You just have to double check everything to avoid being scammed.... which you should be doing anyway and not just buying on a whim
I cant believe its illegal to bypass a block a company put on YOUR product that you've paid for. Once you buy it, you own it and can do what you want with it
Maybe we should start charging rent for keeping it on our property.
Yeah, somehow it's considered sabotage when you circumvent or remove restrictions from your own computer, yet somehow it's not considered sabotage that the manufacturer puts them there to prevent you from using the device in the expected way to begin with!
Any reasonable judge would say "sucks to suck" to any manufacturer who failed to implement a bulletproof DRM program, but money talks...
@@generationwolves You can try charging rent if you want. The chances are, they won't want you as a customer. But try it. Let us know how it goes
As a CompSci major, just do it anyway. Take Fisker for example, if the servers go down like they say they will, how are they going to remotely find out you bypassed their restrictions? It's an interesting idea I've had an something I've been considering career wise; get into exploitation and then find and develop ways to bypass these restrictions on appliances and posting them to GitHub for anyone to use.
it's my printer though
if buying is not owning , piracy is not stealing . Long live the high seas ! 🏴☠
Right. It's "borrowing" 😆
Yarrrrh! 🦜🏴☠️
Joho joho, a pirats life is joy! 😂
I'm right there with you, brother 🏴☠️🦜
Good look pirating hardware.
I'd be so scared if I had a "smart" home! Imagine coming home late from work and the house refuses to let you in because you haven't paid your subscription or because you came home outside of normal business hours, or because you didn't clean the house, or forgot to put the rubbish out, or the house heard you say something nasty about it!! THIS IS JUST PURE NIGHTMARE FUEL!! Not just another financial burden. This is horrifying and disgraceful.
It might also act ultra protectively like apps do sometimes and without “recognising” you it calls the police or attacks you itself lol
Sounds like something straight out of Black Mirror.
All things a vindictive spouse can do
@@weebly_😂
😂😂😂
And they make it difficult to stop the subscription. Hiding the phone number - if there is any at all, or keeping you calling back because "all lines are currently busy". And then when you do cancel they always manage to squeeze in an extra month or two out of you due to 'technical issues'. Using emails to cancel that don't exist. It goes on and on....
just stop the payments from the bank and they'll probably reach out
Planned obsolescence should be illegal. Period
My brother is a farmer, and still using a tractor we used to use when were kids. It's 50+ years old, and still working fine. Needed refurbishing every ten years or so, but that's cheap compared to the cost of a new tractor.
As much as I agree that it should be illegal….sneaky engineers, CEOs, corporate lawyers and lobbyists will make certain it never happens or make legal excuses why an update to a phone OS caused it to slow down or brick (as an example)….. along with the economic flow of money from having us update our phones, cars, TVs, computers every 2-3 years.
@@WestOfEarth should see the old light bulbs that never burn out i think i have one.
It is illegal in most countries. The problem is it’s very hard to prove. A company just needs to find a way in which their product can be considered marginally better to have plausible deniability on the fact that the product’s lifetime is horrible.
this is not always the best idea
its hard to explain why exactly
but its easier to see, if you imagine the exact opposite
what happens if nothing ever broke down?
well the entire technical repair sector is gone
this is the sector that has one of the highest average incomes
that requires one of the highest average education levels
this would cause major economic collapse
and infact, it almost did after WW1 iirc
stuff was manufactured to last a war
the war stopped; manufacturing stayed
the result was less repair jobs
and because you needed to buy less items
a reduction in all jobs that created new things in the first place
your car lasts decades, why buy a new one?
oops the car company can no longer afford to exist
this caused some government panic
this was the actual reason ford made coloured cars
(he promised there would never be a coloured car)
color was a form of making you feel left out
this was *design obsolescence* and doubled ford income
iirc there are records of officials
suggesting that maybe we should pass laws
that ensure all purchases have an expiration date
and that they would create a department to monitor dates
when the 4 year date on your car is up
they would come and crush it themselves
in an effort to ensure economic participation
i agree - planned obsolescence is sh*t
but in a most forms of economy
perfect devices arnt exactly "good" either
as i understand it, we need to create a system without money
its not just a capitalist issue to solve
its a problem of moneys existence in a system of trade
and since we have no idea how that would work or if its possible
making actually good laws, for the current system
will be a very difficult task - its not a blanket yes or no
let alone actually being able to tell if the laws been broken
Y'all need to get with Louis Rossmann. He's been screaming about this from the roof tops for freaking years.
EDIT: UA-cam just shadow banned me for mentioning this man's name. I can't even reply to comments on this comment. I keep commenting and they don't show.
EDIT2: I still can't see my comments.
yessssssssssss
Yeah. He complains but that's about it. All bark, no bite.
@@junbun3642 If you had been truly following what's been happening, you wouldn't have said that. He's actually been working physically to get things done. He's attended so many court cases and recorded them. He even hired lobbyists for good chunks of money (albeit, not out of pocket, but donations from concerned people). He's been working hard and has helped pass some of the most famous right to repair bills in the country. I suggest that you actually watch his videos and truly follow.
@@junbun3642crazy how many court cases he’s been through to put up his own fight. Perhaps watch his past videos and you’ll have a more refined commentary on someone you obviously don’t know much about yet feel inclined to make empty statements. He’s opening the eyes of many whom will have never been exposed to it otherwise. That seems valuable to me.
@@junbun3642 thats why he consistantly writes government bodies and gathers groups to vote against these practices. He does a lot.
This is why I simply cancelled ALL subscriptions and do generally not accept anything that's subscription based. If it means I can't have something - OK.
No subscriptions, no depths of any kind - works great for me.
Same here. I rather just read books at this point:)
A purchase is an amortization amount, a monthly subscription amount, if you will. You can pay once or many times. Where do you put those videotapes you bought in the 80s? Or those CDs that stopped working after 10 years? They are yours, but their lifespan is over.
@ALEakaKorwin That's true - but everything has a lifespan. Something you own has a value. It deteriorates, or maybe it gains in value. But it always has a value. With a subscription you only get the right to use something - like music, or a car. It never has a value, but still costs associated with it. Being an economist and in the business for some time now I totally understand the idea of letting people buy small sums for renting stuff - it's so muxh easier to subscribe than to buy. Just 5€ a month don't hurt....but it adds up. And then there's the question how much you actually use something you subscribed for. If you have several subscriptions for pay TV or VoD....how much do you use every single one? What costs the actual hour of watching in the end? Subscriptions are so successful because it's simple psychology - and in the end it's like in a casino....you might have a lucky day, but in the end the bank always wins.
Problem is that it's not stopping the subscription creep. It works for now, but what happened when _all_ appliances require subscriptions. There needs to be pro consumer laws to protect us against this
Same here. No Netflix, no Amazon prime. I avoid HP hardware like a plague, and because I have the feeling that MS tries to push Windows to a "OS as service", just like it did with Onedrive and Office, I am replacing Win 10 with Debian 12. Still ongoing, I miss some workflows, but I am almost done
No one is forced to pay a subscription. Stop buying products that require them. Vote with your dollars.
But this is what credit card companies did - at first you could say, okay, I just won't get a credit card. Then it became, you have to have one to live because your credit would suffer. Same thing with the smart phone. The companies force you into this stream and make it inconvenient to get out of it.
RIGHT TO REPAIR! FULL OWNERSHIP RIGHTS! MY STUFF, MY RIGHT TO MODIFY!
Right to repair is so important!
Heard that they're making a part 2 and mentioned repairs. Oh boy I am hyped for that!
I hope they can bring in or talk to iFixit
@@patrickscott1487 also talk to Louis Rossman, he's a UA-camr who's been very active on this topic for years.
you can make the law say you own it all you want, but they can still make you need a sub to use it or acquire refills etc.
True. I'd like to see them take the product back at the end of its lifetime if we dont own it. Oh wait, they're not interested in trash.
It's incredible how every "win-win service" over time turns into "only the company wins services". 😫😩😤😤
That's the plan all along. Offer a temporarily better service until you destroy all completion then hike prices and reduce quality as much as you like, they don't have a choice anymore.
@@TheStarBlackSure there is a choice. We turn our backs and go back into our local communities. Libraries, sharing media, piracy (not illegal if the companies are run by criminals too) and programming our own stuff. Yeah, we have to work again and start being creative. But that's better than being bloodsucked permanently by these greedy billionairs, who want more money than they can digest.
dude can you stop spamming generic comments
I mean, duh.
The company wouldn't do it if _they_ didn't win.
And once they do, why should they care about you?
@@sodiumfluoridel nahh 🙈
Btw, how is this one supposedly "generic"? It's literally the first time this one got posted... 🥺🥴
Never buy hp ANYTHING. I learned this lesson a decade ago.
Do you know what printer to get for an artist? I have an hp printer currently. Thankfully, I'm not paying for some ridiculous subscription.
But I feel like I can get a better printer.
@@2dents513The Canon PIXMA MG25515 is quite good, I have it and take GCSE Art at the minute, I believe it also has a photo copier and scanner as a part of it, but you will need to buy ink obviously. EDIT: it comes with two ink cartridges, one colour and one B&W
@2dents513 Get an Epson printer and you won't go wrong.
@@2dents513Not canon, they’re not far off HP in the printer business.
Try either Brother or Epson. I’ve heard good things about them and they don’t seem to be nearly as scummy either.
I’d also recommend colour laser printing if you’re printing often enough. The quality varies heavily but it’s considerably cheaper than inkjet or even inktank.
@@2dents513 get into a better form of art
Klaus said it “you’ll own nothing”. When every service is a subscription, you truly own nothing. But the people are asleep at the wheel and things will only progress worse.
As a customer, your only power is not to buy those. Buy and then complain isn't helping. Companies need your money. Don't give it too easily.
Exactly how dumb can people be investing a lot of money without thinking twice
consumer boycotts never work. what we need is regulation.
@@arsenii_yavorskyi it will take some very major shit to happen until laws are changed
Exactly
Corporations and investors don’t care if people gather up outside a store, warehouse, headquarters or factory to complain, they only care the second they start loosing profit.
Vote with your money
Vote with your dollar. If everyone or even 10% of people stopped giving these companies money, it'll show and they will have to make adjustments or just miss out on money.
I told my boss I can’t work late because they didn’t pay extra for the premium plan. I was fired.
He wasn’t your boss stop calling your employer boss. You worked for the money it’s not free.
@@HerbyDeslorge Yes boss
@@HerbyDeslorge Nothing about the definition of boss says that you need to work for free
Working extra hours means...more pay and time-and-½ .
Get a lawyer and sue
You should also cover owning games, movies, programs, and other digital media. You pay $30 for a movie, $80 for a game. But then Steam or Amazon can just remove it from its service with no refund.
Paying for the same games/movies is insanity. Noticed this at a young age
GOG for the win, Alex!
On steam they have not removed access for people who already have the game on their account. This includes games that have been delisted and are no longer available for sale.
Other services operating similar models for games or media have so they probably could legally. If they did I think it would destroy consumer confidence and thus the company. They did recently change some language to indicate that people are paying for a license. I think that was more to get ahead of regulations coming up.
@@SomeGuyAsWellyou don’t own your games on steam.
@@SomeGuyAsWellthe crew by EA would like to have a word with you, it was delisted and removed from peoples accounts
The solution is incredibly simple, people. STOP buying these products.
Greed is not the desire for more, it's the desire for more at the expense of others.
thats not really any different.
Greed is never being happy with what you have. I have a nice house, I need another one. I have a nice car, I need another one. I have a big boat, I need a bigger one. On and on and on
I agree with you, more money at the expense of others will eventually cripple a nation. Inefficiency is the new way to get rich.
Or the desire for more is completely insatiable.
I guess it's everyone's fault for my greed. If it weren't for them then I would have nobody to take advantage of.
My dad had to literally do weeks of research when I needed a new laserjet printer. Almost every option was connected to a subscription service. It’s just insane what subscriptions have come to these days
Edit: for anyone wondering it’s the hp laserjet mfp m234dw and wil run you about 130 euro or probably 150-160 bucks
HP makes the non-subscription option somewhat hard to find but it should be available when you install one of their printers. Not sure how it works with other manufacturers but HP supposedly has the most aggressive form of pushing subscriptions.
Did your dad find one that is non-subscription?
I think the key with HP, is 'never to sign up' for the refill service, or anything else. Then you can use refilled or new HP cartridges. Once you agree or sign up, you can't go back or change your mind. I think. Can't stress that enough. That's how mine works, but it is older. Ugh. They are all making it harder instead of easier, and more expensive instead of more affordable.
@@adoptsalotyou cant setup the latest ones without their software that makes you sign up and connect it to wifi
@@vintagejaki751 yes we found one. It’s a hp one that wants you to subscribe but this model doesn’t require it. I can look up the exact model number if you want?
Edit: for anyone wondering it’s the hp laserjet mfp m234dw and wil run you about 130 euro or probably 150-160 bucks
We bought a Sonos bluetooth speaker some months ago. It wouldn't play UA-cam videos unless we connect a paid youtube account. We retuned that speaker immediately. We just wanted a speaker - not a device that forces us into subscriptions just to use its basic function: to play sound.
I call bullshit.
It simpl hack it like indians 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@yxmichaelxyyxmichaelxy3074Yeah. Pretty sure they just needed UA-cam premium in order to play the music while the device was locked. Has nothing to do with Sonos
wtf, goddamn this is getting out of hand
OMFG farcical.
We had a problem with Amazon charging and elderly relative for a subscription they new nothing about and never ever used. It was hard to even find out what it was actually for. Automatically renewed subscription should be illegal. They should reask every 6months
I just got a $125 hit because my contacts were apparently on subscription. I ordered the first delivery 6+ months ago and was shocked to get such a large unexpected charge right around Christmas.
I'm 50+. One thing wrong in this is the cable thing. Sure, it had a better signal but what they used to sell it was no commercials. Then commercials came in and you were just paying for regular ass TV. I no longer have cable and refuse to pay for all of this crap. I've got CDs, movies and video games. And if I can't access that I've got books and board games. These greedy companies can F OFF!!!
yep, going back to the library and better hobbies.
Amen
Yeah. Tubi is free and I think it has fewer ads than cable TV, Pluto use to be worse but it's gotten a little better. I'll never understand people who'll pay for things riddled with ads.
@@ArisaemTubi's video and audio quality are bad though. Some are willing to pay for a premium experience
You sure you're just 50? You could have said, "and get off my lawn!" and it would have fit in perfectly.
I give the library money and print things there. Support your local library and do all your printing there
Support turning kids gae
my local library gives like 500 pages free printing per week per card.
they are incredible
Why are you people printing stuff? Go digital
Also BTW they still have HP machines at the library so you are just shifting your cost of printing onto the general taxpayer , and HP still getting their money.
Ur complicit in your own greed to print things for free
@@chalkylover most of my printing at the library is for my AA and N.A. groups lol
Imagine your refrigerator not dispensing ice and water because you didn't pay a subscription for something you already own... What's next? The whole refrigerator shuts off because of the same issue? That's absolutely absurd...
Don't give them ideas...
Give them ideas
Most fridges don't dispense ice or water anyway, so there's that.
People pay their utility bills every month. Why are they not complaining about that? - Effectively it is a form of subscription, and one that practically support life. Let's be consistent here.
@@BestSharkisWhat? Have you not been in an appliance store this century?
Where is the list of companies to boycott?
That instant ink thing is just theft. You own the physical asset. The board of directors from HP stole your physical asset. Ergo, they are guilty of burglary and should be charged accordingly.
I think the proper term is "theft", not "burglary".
I think the proper term is destruction of property value.
@@krux02 yeah it's downright sabotage
I used to own an inkjet printer, but let it go maybe 15 years ago - got sick of paying $20 or $30 something for cartridges, plus I really didn't need to print stuff at home. Had NO idea this is what printing at home has devolved into! WHY would anyone agree to that?!
It depends on the specific language of what they describe is happening when they send you ink. Just because you hold something in your hand doesn't mean you own it. It could be on loan or consignment. If you sign a contract, you agree to the shitty terms.
I smashed my HP printer when it tried to force me to update the firmware. It was so cathartic. I'll never buy anything with HP branding again. I also don't buy any "smart" appliances.
I have old HP printer before this subscription crap. I can do anything there, but I had to dissemble and assemble it already twice to clean and repair it . Not everyone will do it at home.
There was a great "vent your anger on the desk printer" scene in the classic movie Office Space 😄
Based. Would smash my office hp printer if they allow me to.
There are some good choices for smart appliances. I always look for the ones that require no cloud, no subscription, or that are "cloud optional". Even a lot of the cheaper security cameras are like that. Z-Wave and Zigbee are protocols for smart devices like lights and doorlocks designed to work with a local hub, without subscriptions. A great example is the Doorbird smart doorbell. They offer a (free) cloud solution that makes it really simple to set up and use, but... all of the device's functions are exposed in standard protocols: you can get the camera feed with RTSP and get 2 way audio using SIP.
But yeah, HP... I dropped them years ago. If a device does not function when I firewall it off from the Internet, I'm not buying it. But we're seeing this sort of behaviour more and more often: devices that don't really need the Internet will demand it to function. Smart TVs and vacuum robots that require "activation". Or these "mandatory" firmware updates. Now Philips is about to do the same thing with Hue lights; the hub stops functioning and requires an update... and at some point it will demand that you set up an account with them.
@@rickrandall3174 PC LOAD LETTER PC LOAD LETTER PC LOAD LETTER PC LOAD LETTER
I will NEVER buy a HP printer after watching this.
They tried to pull that with me in the UK. I called them up and went ape shit.
That's why they call it Hateful Printers
It makes me so frustrated how HP is treating me with limits on even printing and making me connect to the internet and using their printer ink.
I switched to samsung mono toner.Much cheaper.F*ck ink cratridges
Don't buy one. This is not the only time I've read or seen this cartridge scam issue come up.
Corporations love subscriptions because people forget to cancel.
If the company is bankrupt, they can't file a DCMA claim
I am personally so glad that Hp is getting smacked about instant ink! I wrote so many lengthy complaints to them last year before canceling! This is so out of control and in 2024 I began my financial diet and cut my $279 subscription bill down to a lean $139. Its still more than I want to pay
Thats why I wont ever buy an HP printer. I hope more and more people avoid them like the plague as a "BAD investment" customer and they go out of business.
What are you paying for that’s $140?? I only have Apple Music, and Amazon Prime. Both on fake student accounts for $13 a month total
@@Chthonian121 I have a family of 4 that I share the Apple One service with, a business mail service, our domains, cloud service, prime, Netflix, disney, my daughter’s one video game
@@Chthonian121 What do you pay for Internet access?
That can easily be $100/month.
cancel all them besides internet and VPN and start pirating fk copyright laws its for rich only ZERO resepect deserved the fact even old copyright law disney is allowed special prvilages just for being rich AF. and SEED YOUR TORRENTS!
“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Still as true as ever today.
Worse
Marching towards indentured servitude
it only becomes more obvious as time goes on.
still too many Americans don't realize it yet and keep cheering on billionaires
Important-Read this content creater>> the fact that software companies have to include all the conditions etc., they deceivingly dozens of small print pages of technical and confusing content! They should include a bullet point short statement that’s “to the point “ and very exact about pricing and cancellation and more. This is a horrible situation and only getting worse!
@@AdmiralBison 'Americans don't realize it yet and keep cheering on billionaires'
dont you find it so disgusting.. i think alot of them are too immature and think that will be them one day.. but its not
I strated noticing this trend few years back With Ms-office. It bothered me then. Now every service provider is trying to loot you with some subscription model.
Thanks for covering this topic.
I have Microsoft Office 2007. I finally bought 2024 not leasing 365. I bet there is not much of a difference from 2007.
I use Open Office, as does my local municipality. How many features do you need in your word processor or spreadsheet software?
you should probably blame adobe, I believe they started this , at least for the software app side and they dont even offer paid version if I am not mistaken. at least you can still buy out ms office. also I love the 365, 1tb for 55 a year plus the office suite and some odd feature, for me, is great.
of course I am sure there are cheaper way , and not defending for subscription.
This is why I got rid of my ring doorbell. I'm not paying a monthly subscription for my doorbell!
That's ridiculous
We HAVE TO stop putting profits over EVERYTHING ELSE.
IN EVERY SINGLE INDUSTRY. 😤😤😤😤
We? Not we. They.
@@JohnGeranienExactly.
Many of us might well have to set up and live in "Scrap" villages! Each "Scrap" village will be populated by people known as "Scraps", who will have divorced themselves from money and all other aspects of mainstream society. I figure that each "Scrap" village will be built around a hand-dug well; and that each "Scrap" will live in a grass hut. At least each "Scrap" will actually OWN their grass hut and all of its contents, and won't have to pay subscriptions for any of them!
The term "Scrap" comes from the movie "Demolition Man". In that movie, the "Scraps" were people who didn't like the idea of living under Dr. Raymond Cocteau's draconian regulations. These people therefore literally lived underground, beneath San Angeles. The "Scraps" in "Demolition Man" were led by Edgar Friendly.
Good luck with that
No one is starting a business to run as a charity. They take risks to make money
This is why we need very robust right to repair laws
never gonna happen when politicians' pockets are wide open
@@oatmeal710and plump full.
Right to buy laws first.
Kamela Harris' VP pick, Tim Walz, did Right to Repair in Minnesota! So vote blue
@@lukeusernameis this accurate?
Very happy to see this being discussed. I had an epsom printer that wouldn’t let me print black because my color cartridge was empty, even though the black cartridge was full. Recently Mazda shut off my remote start unless I pay them $10 a month. Now we’re paying it and it’s still not working and calling their customer service makes me want to bash my head into a wall. No one speaks English, they all sound utterly miserable and they have no idea how to identify or resolve the issue. I’m starting to believe the Amish people were correct and could foresee this hellish dystopian technological nightmare we are in.
Having to pay a subscription to use your car's remote is just straight up criminal, as is any subscription locking something you bought with yet another paywall
Remote start is literally already a feature “upgrade”… that is ridiculous!!!
I was in the same position as you are with my Epson printer, as it wouldn't print unless it detects the correct chip for the cartridge. Therefore, I converted the firmware (not sure how much I've paid for it since it's been a while) so that it fools the printer into thinking all the ink cartridges are full. From there, I've spent less than $50 for ink and refillable cartridge and I've been using it for almost 1.5 years now with only slight issues when the ink runs out, but given the quantity of ink that I still have, it would probably run for a pretty long time before the need to buy more ink. So glad I did that and saved hundreds of dollars on ink cartridges that probably take Epson less than a few dollars to produce .
What makes me more bothered is that not only HP has the subscription, but the minimum subscription I have says I have to pay money for each sheet I print over their limit......but yet I buy the paper.😒
@ There’s no shame to their greed. Get us for every penny they can. I’ve given up and no longer have a printer.
consumers should have the right to OWN and right to repair. for the last 10 years, we’ve had nothing.
My car is almost 60 years old. I was thinking about maybe getting a new one. You convinced me to keep my old car.
"Keep your old car!" Now you got a 2nd opinion. A 60 yo car that still runs is an absolute gem.
New cars today are actively listening to you and tracking where you're going, etc., and selling that data
What kind of car is it?
Do not , keep your old car. The new ones with software are nightmares. Not only the car takes all the data from your mobile if you are using the navigation system, hand free calls etc.. No regulation about that and they can sell the information or use as the fell as fit. But worse, I have one of these cars with lots of gadgets, I had an accident thinking it was my fault. Thank goodness I had witnesses to confirm what I said. I was reversing to park but when I went forward and brake, the moment I put my foot on the brake petal, the car zoomed like mad and I went though someone's garden. After 7 months it was repaired, it did again but this time, I recognised the noise and took my feet off , the computer then used the automatic brake. It took over 2 months for them to figure out the problem. I went online and found at least over 15 people had the EXACT same problem when they were parking and the exact same car. Now , next week it goes back to the garage because one of the system , ABS or reverse sensors or the auto parking or the tyres sensors is broken. So they need to diagnose the problem before he said it trigger the others and I will need to change all of them. And they are lots of these in the car. The dashboard gives the 4 warnings at the same time. I miss my old car with no computer.
@@barbarabigelow9110
New cars also break down a lot faster.
the tone and delivery of the anchor is so refreshing. Calm and on topic. No sensationalization.
She should sound a little more pissed off
@@davidcarp5935 No dude. too many people screaming these days causing too much noise. this is better. back to the 50's
Also wrong about almost everything
@@looneyburgmusic
God forbid someone compliments another person.
You're just mad it's not you.
Smiff
@@FocusedFighter777 You are "complimenting" someone who is lying to you.
Let me guess, Trump supporter, right?
This video should be shown to everyone. Younger people, show your family this, honestly. Help them discern what's actually helpful vs. straight dog doodoo.
Guess what?? You DONT have to buy every subscription!! I know, crazy right? 😮
I'm in my seventies, my kids become frustrated with me for not "buying new", repairing or buying refurbished used. My vehicles don't sew on my buttons or talk to me, I put the key in the ignition and drive on my own where I want to go. I can believe that there are people who pay huge amounts for subscriptions, I know I pay zero. If I want to listen to music, that's what my radio is for, I can use the dial on my thermostat to change the temperature in my house. Connecting so many household appliance through a phone or internet is asinine, we are getting more tech at the expense of our mental acuity and financial health.
Children just don't have the perspective. It's something you gain from being screwed over a couple times.
If you want kids to understand you have to figure out a way for them to experience it personally. Once someone has been screwed over a couple times by something they will realize.
@@hhjhj393 My feeling is the social pressures are causing the major problem. No more job applications at a business, cars that only have outlets for some gizmo, or worse only blue tooth connections. The list goes on. I am retired and can say stick a sock in it, no thanks, they can't.
Yeah.... When I started seeing "smart fridges" or vehicles where you had to pay to use the heated seat feature in the vehicle you literally own!? ...... Humanity dropped several IQ points I'm afraid will take decades to reverse and/or the sun finally blasts a massive EMP and we get a few months technology free.
Not.mention very unsafe....everything is being hacked ...having everything so connected is a VERY bad idea
As a software engineer, I agree mostly with the message, but also, I kinda like smart home automation. It seems like a fun hobby to setup my own temperature sensors and connect it to my aircon so it has more accurate information about the room temp.
It's also kinda cool to work on creating a home inventory system that tracks my foods and can automatically compile my shopping list. And work on a way to import receipts into that system so when I buy things it can automatically update.
I dunno, I guess my main message is don't blame the tech, blame the scummy companies behind them.
This is such an important issue, that we don't see enough people talk about. Everything is turning pay-to-usr these days, and the days of buying a software licence versus a monthly subscription seem to be waning, and that is quite scary.
We're getting lulled into a reality of big companies taking care of our "best interests" for a fee, and that us just not something they should be trusted with.
Thank you for giving this attention.
We _were_ toId we'd own nothing and be happy.
Com, unnism seem less and less ev, il everyday
all while resources get depleted and landfills fill up. destroying our society and draining the life out of everyone so a small amount of "people" can hoard their billions
The important issue is you being an idiot. If you don't like it, don't use it. Don't be a mindless idiot.
@aaad3552 I don't think 'communism' has ever been actually evil as a concept. At least no more than many other political philosophies. As a European citizen, I've grown up in a place with primarily socialist leanings, and I've seen the benefits it has for those who aren't strong enough to have to fight for a place at the top like capitalism encourages. Not saying capitalism is evil either, because I don't think many philosophies are, just pointing out a different to America.
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You really got me with the WSJ article about people being tired of subscriptions requiring a subscription. So, yes, you got yourself a subscription to your channel
I recon you could have gotten one more use of the subscription: "So, yes, you being subscribe-able got yourself a sub..."
Dumb products will make a come back soon enough.
This all depends on broke and ''dumb' buyers, The box clearly says it works on the instant ink program. If people would rather pay for home delivery cartriges than to order cartriges when the time comes. They should at least look up the product to know that HP will disable the printer without it instead of complaining after.
Well, my new washing machine sends me a notification on my phone instead of going like "beep beep MF" in the middle of the night. It may not seem like much, but it really had an impact on how I use it. So products getting smarter is not really a problem - what's being done with their new capabilities is a problem.
And the prices will put those of us who have been buying them out, so get what you want now before they label it all 'vintage" in a specialty store.
And that's why I'm still buying CDs, Blu rays and DVDs whenever I find them. I'm tired of companies trying to make everything a subscription, especially for things I already own.
Rip them, and host them on your own Plex or jellyfin server.
Streaming at full quality, and no one can take it away from you
I just pirate the movies for free😂😂
@@janea8093heros don't wear capes
Same here. Books too !
sooner or later the discs corrode
just avoid anything with a subscription, either buy it outright, or avoid it.
Unfortunately, the enshittification of apps works around it. I made a one-time purchase for my disabled son’s AAC app. Worked well, but then a couple of months ago they rolled the subscription model! At first they were assuring us that people who made the one-time purchase won’t be affected. Guess what? When the app updated itself it people needed to change their device (which happens often with disabled kids - things break) - your account automatically became subscription based! I hate it. Now I have to make monthly payments to give my son a voice.
@@Red_Groke_plansI’m so sorry about that omg
You are subscribed to your ISP, they will become more necessary and more ubiquitous unfortunately.
@Red_Groke_plansthat's beyond messed up, poor kid held ransom by big wigs. Shameful display.
Then don’t buy them. Don’t subscribe.
Buy DVDs and CDs from your local thrift store. Use dumb appliances. Don’t buy cars that make you subscribe to use basic features that have been in them for years.
The only way to get this to stop is to not subscribe to their services.
That printer story really tells how poor regulated US actually is as that something 100% Illegal yet here it being completely allowed with nothing done.
It isn't only in the US. In the UK too, I bought a HP printer after a month, it asked me to subscribe but I refused since I have a printer with lots of ink but not usable. I decided not to give them another penny because they are forcing me to do so. I bought another printer from another company instead. And from then I decided I will not buy another product from HP.
@@meditationsoothingmusic156 About 5 years ago H&P decided to stop all their printers working that were not using genuine H&P ink, this was actually done instantly, it was set for a particular date in the future.
When I heard about this I also decided to never buy any H&P product, I have an Epson printer I can use generic ink that is very cheap, but even this printer wasn’t immune, as it stopped working as it has reached the maximum paper count! So they decide how many sheets it can print until it reaches the end of its life!
Luckily I managed to pay a guy in Vietnam $9 to reset the printer counter so it was as good as new again!
This is what was really great with California's new law that forces Steam and other services from noting video game purchases are not "purchases".
We need this for ALL products, and price regulation on "rentals" If HP is going to lock my ink cartridge "I" better be getting my own damn "storage" fee and THEY need to be responsible for recycling THEIR Cartridge, unless it's in an accident not a sngle cartridge better end up in a landfill, they are invoking a heavy carbon tax on the world doing what they are doing.
And I'm super glad this is becoming an issue because it shows a real and concrete role for government that isn't just fooling around with sociology and ideology. This is what government is FOR, it's to stop companies from running rampant. If the person you're voting for isn't talking about this, they're not doing their job fully. Stop letting people get away with doing half a job and demand they consider how regulations protect people from exploitation.
Why are Europeans like this
"I'm assuming--I couldn't actually READ the article." 🔥
the same people saying this typically use ad-blockers all the time and complain about the ad industry. At some point, the people providing the service need to make money, including journalists.
@@Pensandoci9 Many news organizations claim that "Privacy Badger" is an ad-blocker.
All privacy badger does is block cross-site tracking.
But it blocks common ads by interfering with the real-time bidding process used by online advertising.
@@Pensandoci9There’s other ways for journalists to make money other than paywalling articles or shoving ads everywhere on them
@@kaiparker1756name a few
@@jiremyjanga9995 Merchandising, licensing, subscription/membership models for exclusive content or other benefits, etc.
I have walked out of many places when I asked it any part of this unit requires a subscription. When they say yes, I simply say I am buying from the EU.
Lol should organize a dozen or more people to go to this store. One after the other, each asks if a subscription is required for the item.
One after the other, hearing that it is, they say they will take their business elsewhere and walk out. If this was a large scale campaign hitting many stores might make an impact 😂
That's why I use Eufy for my security/door camera. Local storage of my video and no subscription!
thank you
Me too, that was the condition to get one@@spektred
@@spektredJust for your awareness, Eufy does store thumbnails of your event recordings in the cloud. And those are always a picture from the recording. Otherwise you could not see them in the app before the camera is accessed. In default settings your Eufy app can access recordings from outside of your home network, which means there is an internet connectivity to the local SD card storage that theoretically could be exploited by the company. Eufy is owned by Anker, a Chinese company. Make with that information what you feel is right.
Although subscriptions are bad enough, what's really annoying it is getting more difficult to get a "dumb" version of the same item.
I canceled all my subscriptions. A couple of companies made it extremely difficult to do/ So I took them to small claims court and won. Based AF.
Based
Good for you!
So, you paid more to cancel the subscriptions than the cost of the subscriptions themselves?
😂😂😂😂🤡
The longest it took for me to cancel a subscription was 5 minutes. And that took longer only because I demanded they remove my credit card info permanently.
@@yxmichaelxyyxmichaelxy3074or order a new credit card.
Let’s start cancelling these shady companies. Is there a full name and shame list?
Good call. Mass avoid buying hp products and other big offenders and companies will learn the hard way they can't abuse their customers
John Deere, BMW, HP, Adobe to start the list. If I bought a physical item. It's mine to do as I please.
@@halucinator1 Even if it's not a physical item, if I bought it I should be able to treat it the same way as a physical object. If I 'buy' a movie or video game or piece of software, I should be able to lend it to my family to use, should be able to sell it when I no longer need it etc. If I'm not 'buying' the product then don't show me a buy button, show me a rent or lease button instead!
@MrSamoDude I agree. $70 for a game should get the same rules as a library book. Lending without licensing.
@@halucinator1i would add that if a game can get pulled from an online store without notice, its value should be refunded since its no longer available. Allowed exception would be a game available for over 10 years (from purchase, not from availability) and even that should be on print in terms and conditions.
Avoid buying anything which requires a connection to a vendor
Internet connection
iCloud for iPhone and all the other iPhone stuff to keep the iPhone running
@@MooiMeissje You don't have to use icloud
I have a childhood friend that he became an electrical engineer and works for one of the biggest companies in our time.. he looks to have the least wireless or 'smart' things he can; getting the analog versions if available. He loves technology but hates how business is made out of it.
I hope you talk to Louis Rossman about this. He's been fighting back against these kind of practices for a while now.
He is the GOAT on this topic!
Not a chance, these people’s politics are entirely contrary to Rossmanns
If a company goes bankrupt and out of business there is no longer any copyright. We use a program 15 yrs old and company no longer exists so we were able to make multiple copies to use internally for our use.
You could make it free source for other people to be able to use as well. Just an idea.
It does not work that way. If a copyright-holding company goes out of business, other companies end up with all those copyrights.
@@denelson83 It depends, and it's an absolute nightmare to work out. If you inquire, a lot of companies will just ask for the money as if they own the thing. Never trust a company to tell you if they own something; most will just say yes.
Unless it's a very litigious company like Disney, and unless it's blatantly obvious what happened to the assets, I think people should just do it and dilute this powerful control companies exert over us. Just build yourself in an escape clause, like a reissue. If a living individual isn't being harmed, there's no actual ethics involved.
@@vf1923 ITs a night mare GOG goes through everyday. HELL they could have the Main Devs and previous owners ready to put it on GOG and a CopyTroll will showup claimin its theirs with this BUllshit Paper from a two bit lawyer. DMCA is broken and the Copyright and Patent offices dont Give a Shit and just Rubber stamp EVERYTHING Infront of them.
There is also this abandon ware thing. I know a game which was abandon ware and now they repackaged it to a game store and it's no longer abandon ware :) The game is from 1995 or so.
Yanis Varoufakis terms this “Technofeudalism”. And get ready to have subscriptions for everything from groceries to gas to restaurants. It’s coming soon.
They already have that.
It's already over here. One of the large companies pushing "services" for their cars, Volkswagen, is currently close to bankrupcy :)
I think blue apron or a company sends you "fresh ingredients" and how to prepare them for a small price of your left kidney per month
...flashing toilet will also be a subscription. 10 times a day let's say.. If you want to flash more, you have to pay more. and If you want your family use the toilet you have to pay for family subscription. but only for those who live with you under the same address. that's pathetic. people should hold together to fight subscription hell.
Yeah he wrote an article about it. Particularly how he used to work for Valve and how Steam enabled this reality.
I think that we should adopt the same approach as they have for Tobacco in many countries. The packaging, the item and the advertisement has to be such, that 40% of its area is covered with white lettering on black background spelling out the need for a subscription and the cost of it.
Everyone has known for decades that printers deliberately drain your ink cartridges unnecessarily. The most famous example is printers mixing color cartridges into black ink for a "richer tone." Knowing how shady they are with wasting your ink on purpose, trying to sell us a system that wastes your ink then buys more automatically is wildly tonedeaf 😂
'shady' 'tone' deaf, that is common humor in the amongst the printing community.
Printers are the devil
*greedy
Damn, that's why I couldn't print when I only had black ink. They're being even bigger as*holes than I had imagined.
I don't have a printer anymore at least.
Wasting? Did you actually test black ink only black vs. CMYK-full black?
I have a laser printer from 1993 that still works fine, and I'm holding onto it for dear life. In it's lifetime, it's had the rollers replaced twice ($30 for a set), and has gone through a 3 or 4 toner cartriges ($40 each), and it still works great!
yep, I went laser and never looked back.
I used such laser printers at work. Absolute garbage. The toner cost 5x the price of the printer and the quality was shit.
bought my laser printer 10 years ago and still on the same cartridge
@blobtv7444
Absolute bullshit. The cartridge would have been dried-up years ago. I know, I used one at work everyday. The cartridges cost more than the printer.
@@yxmichaelxyyxmichaelxy3074I don't believe you have a job anywhere. You're trying to compare a 200 lb office printer used by 50 plus people daily to a household desktop used by a family?
I think one of the worst subscription scams I have come across is when we were apartment hunting, on the biggest market website in my country, you would need a 'premium' subscription to apply for certain apartments. There was no workaround, since there were no other contact information available. 39€ a month just for the chance to apply for an apartment that is already way overpriced. Of course after having found an apartment, I now have to still pay for that for another 4 months for absolutely nothing.
So I've met with even a bigger scam. We have original websites for apartments in our country, but also some common ad sites (a bit like marketplace, but different - some specifically only focus on serious ads like houses, cars, jobs etc). So sometimes agencies or landlords also put their own ads on those sites, hoping more people will see it. You open the ad, see some rooms, get to a link to the original housing website where the original ad is from (only way to see it or contact them) - NOPE! Need to pay to even OPEN THE AD TO SEE THE HOUSE. How tf do I first pay for a subscription, without even being able to see the ads and houses, hell what if I pay and turns out this site offers nothing I'm interested in, then what, just a waste of money. You won't believe how many of them are like that too - I'd need to take out a subscription to literally every single site (30 euros each) and like I said just to be able to browse their ads and very possibly find nothing you like since we have housing crisis as it is. Ended up being limited only to ONE site where yes you had to pay to contact the landlords, but at least it allowed you to first see the ads so at least when I was sure I will contact five people it didn't feel like paying for nothing. Still, I wouldn't but it's literally the only option if you want to avoid agencies and their extra costs. I cancelled the subscription the same month (so only paid once) the second I signed the rent contract.
Had the same issue as well. That's awful
OMG the same happened to me I had to pay for a service to have access to available accomodation options which I ended up not finding any, and only realized later that the payment wasn't a one time thing, so I had to cancel the subscription, so messed up that subscriptions have inflitrated all aspects of life
I’d write down all the info for places you like so after the four months if you need to move you won’t need to buy again. Yes, you’ll have to cold call to see what’s available but still better than wasting money
I found this for a job listing once. To submit a resume, you have to pay.
I'm sick of the punishments for these companies being fees. THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM
This is why I adore the software piracy scene, I despise this business model.
I hate it. The scene you love incentivized businesses to adopt these models.
@@crusherven I seriously doubt that. Anti-piracy far outdates these subscription models
@@crusherven No, businesses adopt these models because of how many people will pay for the service without ever using it.
A gym is a subscription service, a service that would not be profitable if there weren't swaths of people who sign up for a gym, use it a few times, then dont go back but keep paying for it for a long time.
@@connorlomas1108 most of those techniques were ineffective, which is why the went to subscription (or always online). You don't have to believe me, companies have stated that as one of the reasons
@@crushervenha. I wish ending piracy would stop subscriptions. But no, investors, the stock market, and companies wanting infinite growth bc greed is why it's ended up this way. Oh and lobbying stopping laws to stop this stuff
The BMW and Benz lockouts are craaaaaaaaaaaazy.
Soon they won't let you put air in your tires unless you pay a subscription. No changing tires unless you pay subscription.
Same with most other premium cars. At least you have access to the spare parts. Try that with Tesla.
I wouldn't be surprised if you need dealer activation to install new government mandated tire pressure monitors.
Subscriptions make you broke. So many people don't realize what they spend on it. I had a pest control knock on my door wanting me to subscribe to his service for 20 a month. Told him, that's crazy. Get out of here. 😂😂
Sounds like a one-man/small business trying to make it big, which is OK.
If it were a big corporation, I'd ask them to give me a demo on eliminating the pest I see standing right before me before I consider signing up.
@@aritragupta4182 no, he mentioned, you probably see our vans in your neighborhood all the time. I told him no I don't. Since then, I can't think of a time I've seen their vans.
😂atleast let the pest guy make a buck
My bank was trying to sell me a subscription to their alert service, and when I asked how much it was it was something absurd like $25/mo. I told them upfront how silly that was.
I mean if you have a pest problem that is a good deal
This is a nightmare. Stop buying these products.
Subscriptions are one of many examples of how wrong the 21st century has gone.
50 years ago, even suggesting something like this would have gotten you laughed into oblivion.
I spend nothing on subscriptions, even had a look at Disney+ today and the subscription plans immedially turned me off. Why is subscription WITH ads a thing?? What am I paying for if ads are gonna play? And more importantly, how do they prevent ad blockers from making it redundant?
Gotta pay more for the non ads 😂
soo .. you don't have a subscription for your phone, internet or electricity?
Electricity, this is an easy hack. Just configure your bank account so the utility company is on bill pay and push $30 to the account every single week regardless of what is due. You'll notice that somehow your bill always stay near zero most of the time.
Internet, they will try to raise the price every time your annual contract ends. Call them up, and DEMAND that your contract be renewed or you will consider closing your account. They will do what you ask. My internet has been about $50/month for years.
Phone is a tricky one. I'm with Google Fi, so the more people I get to join my account the cheaper it is for each person. (But it could get as cheap as $25/month if I recall) And they have a $60 sign up bonus right now. Unfortunately my circle of friends are too comfortable to move over.
@@VVerVVurm dude, no one has an electricity subscription. and phone plans arent expensive if youre smart. there are lots of cheap plans out there. i pay 9aud (6usd) for unlimited talk and text and 10gb of data a month
@@VVerVVurmthey obviously mean added on subscription. Use your brain more 😂
That’s why the true warriors against these evils are the open source community, they deserve our praise and support to fight these greedy corporations
Libre Office is a great alternative to Microsoft Word etc.
@@benjaminloyd6056 It's funny as I happen to have a Microsoft office 2010 on my hard drive and I can do anything with it as with the newest 365 version I have at work :)) There is literally nothing I would need from the new one.
I think I even have 2007 office.. same thing. I would have to do something really special to require some extra new features.. most of the new stuff is just connecting to cloud and cloud work etc.
Besides saving or opening a document in the old versions is so much faster when you don't need to find the local disk menu first under many layers of onedrive and cloud menus etc.
That's not the right way around. Free software developers are generally not fighting, only making things better. It's extortionate companies that are fighting their own customers.
@@0LoneTechopen source does not equate to free. Lots if open source software isn’t free.
@@BitTheByte Would you be less confused if we used libre, or capitalized Free Software (as in the Free Software Foundation)? The term refers to user freedoms, not price. "Open source" was coined later, with a definition based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines, specifically to avoid mentioning freedoms. Which doesn't even matter in this discussion, because the point was who the offensive party is.
I'm still using my 10 year old HP printer and I have another one of them brand new in the box when that one goes! No subscriptions, no hoatage situations...it just prints!
Buy old stuff! It's built better, it works better....hell, IT WORKS PERIOD!😂
*"Welcome to your Future Car 3000! Would you like to start your engine? Subscribe to start your car!"*
TRUST ME, it's coming...
Cars will be like rental scooters. 'INSERT CREDIT CARD HERE'
"I'm sorry, your card has been denied. Please call your bank and accept a special "My Car Credit Card" in order to get out of the car."
"I'm sorry, we have found that your political ideologies are not inline with the current established view. For your safety, your vehicle has been shut off"
BMW floated the idea of offering heated seats through a $18 a month subscription but got backlash.😂
If we get rid of gas powered cars and have an unlimited no charge battery, then yes.
The FTC is blessed to have Lina Khan as the head, someone who actually cares about consumer rights and isn't some corporate shill.
Absolutely
Sorry, but one doesn’t ascend to run a gubberment agency in Washington DC because of alleged Sainthood.
As long as she lasts. She could be gone next year depending of the results of this election.
@@nyanko8972 which will result in her being replaced with someone willing to eff over the american consumer to benefit corps. period.
Lina Khan is my heroine
Thanks to this video, I discovered almost $100 worth of bunk subscriptions being charged to me every month. Subscriptions for products YOU PURCHASE YOURSELF need to be made illegal.
I spend nothing on subscriptions, unless you count electricity, water, internet, phone
Luis Rossman does a great job covering this topic every day. Its outrageous where we are as a society and we all need to work together to push back against these greedy and anti-consumer practices.