As an individual, subscriptions bothers me because nowni have to remember every month or every year about making sure money is on my debit card.
Last time i bought a piece pf software (SecureCRT) i just paid it in full, and it’s mine forever.
Last time i bought a piece pf software (SecureCRT) i just paid it in full, and it’s mine forever.
Owning a flat or a house is ok. Car is disputable to own.
Software I don’t care.
Well data I do care. So if I buy instance of software and it stops working because I switch OS - I lost access to my data. Which is really bad.
Not just financially. We all desperately want to feel some sense of agency over our future, and subscriptions force us to frequently reckon with our existential lack of control.
I don’t even consider subscriptions I can’t afford, and that doesn’t bother me. I can afford many things and many more I can’t, it’s fine.
But it really bothers me that now i have one more think to look after, no matter how small, each month.
Also, many services will bill on different days of the month so potentially you could have a different thing bother you each day.