What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

  • Mackie
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    1 year ago

    I’m working on this, the subscription model has gotten so expensive now that literally everything uses it. Do you have any tips besides “just pirate everything”?

      • qprimed
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        1 year ago

        you know, I (supposedly - you cant prove anything, mr. prosecutor) may have done this as a kid. then I hopped hardcore on to the FLOSS bandwagon and never looked back. everything I need I can find as a FLOSS package (firmware often excluded, of course). all the learning that I (supposedly) did through the “hack” as a kid now goes into writing original code and supporting open source software. FLOSS literally (may have) made an honest man out of me :-)

    • SaltyIceteaMaker
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      1 year ago

      Use free or at least alternatives without a subscription model where possible

      For cars? Just buy one that’s a bit older

      Movies etc? Pirate

      • TheBaldness@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        I’ve wanted an EV for years, but I’m sticking with my very old and fuel-efficient ICE car until it’s absolutely dead. At that point, I’m hoping that some model of EV emerges as the most hackable one, like the Nissan Leaf. I’ll buy a very used one of those & hack it.

    • Stumblinbear@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately the only alternative for some things are becoming very tech literate and running an objectively worse mediocre open source software

      • zettajon
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        1 year ago

        This is what I’m resorting to. Instead of pirating Lightroom, I’m using RawTherapee for my (non-professional) photo editing of my x100t photos. In the old days, I’d have done it (I still have a very old version of LR exe in one of my hard drives) but today I’d rather not have a ton of keygens and crap on my laptop.