Everything’s a subscription, or wants you to sign up for one. I want off this shitshow please.
Just don’t subscribe. When netflix pissed me off, I unsubscribed. When Adobe moved to a subscription based platform, I forced myself to learn alternative applications (although I still have a copy of Adobe Creative Suite from 2003 which I am still using on old laptop when needed). When Microsoft started charging a subscription to use “office” apps, I switched to LibreOffice. During Covid when I wasn’t using my gym membership I cancelled it and used that $75/month savings to start building a home gym setup (it ain’t great, but its better than nothing!)
If something is a subscription, I either find an alternative program/service, or simply don’t use it.
One. Hundred. Fucking. Percent.
They call it a ‘rentier’ based capitalism where you never get to own anything, just have to keep paying for the same thing over and over. It is insane.
I mean businesses under capitalism have to support themselves somehow. On the web if you’re not a storefront you basically have to either advertise or offer subs.
Ive been on the phone for an hour and they wont let me fucking cancel
Found the best answer is telling them you can’t afford it anymore, followed by telling them everything negative about your life in a lifeless tone. After a while, they’ll do anything to get you off the phone.
