a subscription to a service X
is O(n)
, where n
is for how long you keep that service.
instead purchasing the content provided by X
individually, is O(m)
, where m
is how much content you buy.
if in one subscription term, you would spend more purchasing individual content than one subscription fee to X
, it is financially more efficient to use X
.
however, this assumes you will only consume a piece of content once, and dont care about having a physical/true copy of it.
a O(1)
scenario would be like a lifetime subscription to X
.
ps: i am fully on the side of owning media, and i have no idea if this comment is actually true, it just sounds smart :-)