@blueluma #privacy and #security are inherently intertwined.
There is no legitimate reason to demand any #PII when there's neither legal mandate (i.e. #KYC / #AML) nor risk of fraud (i.e. #prepaid services).
@RnDanger @JessTheUnstill @GreenRoc Not only that but we'd also need to #mandate #OpenStandards and #Repairability down to the single components, because it is a concious decision by manufacturers to "#Thiel" their tech into #Enshittified "#Cloud" / #Subscription #eWaste!
I already pay for #InReach - and now #Garmin is trying to arm twist me into taking out a #Subscription for their second rate maps as well? I think not, my friend. I think not.
Why should we rent the essentials of daily life we already own? Paywalling them behind monthly fees is absurd.
Imagine being told your stove won’t cook dinner unless you’ve paid this month’s subscription, it’s the same scammy logic as locking the full performance of a car you already bought behind a monthly fee.
Enshittification is just corporations selling you the same thing twice, and calling it ‘innovation.’
yes: #subscription fatique is real
Sony now charges a subscription to use expensive Xperia phones as camera monitors
Sony has become something of a bit player in the smartphone space in recent years, but the company continues to offer a handful of models in select markets, including premium models like the Sony Xperia 1 VII that combine a high-end display, processor, and audio hardware with an extraordinary high price tag: while Sony doesn’t sell this phone in the US, it has a £1,399 (~$1870) starting price […]
#enshittification #sony #sonyExternalMonitor #sonyMonitorAndControl #sonyXperia1 #subscription #xperia #xperia1 #xperia1Vii
I was looking for an #app to teach me how to play the #piano. I was testing several and for one I forgot to cancel the #subscription before the end of the trial periode. So, I guess the die is cast. I will use this one. 
@fuchsiii @puppygirlhornypost2 But on the other hand I literally had to find a #VoIP-Provider that does support T.38 #Fax and doesn't demand a "#business" #subscription" for that feature.
That being said fax being explicitly NOT included in any #Flatrate and thus costing the initiator (not necessarily initiator) of a connection money makes it a method with basically no #Spam as unlike #eMail it's too costly...
Just to let everyone know, I bought the rights to the #semicolon ( " ; " ). It is now a #subscription based service; you can pay as you go, or purchase an annual #license and save a few bucks.
So plan your 'winkies' and independent clause connections accordingly!
First billings will hit your inboxes Oct 1st. I look forward to serving you!
Fellow #Fediverse friends! Let's share our most unusual subscriptions and why we pay for them. Here's mine:
1. DogTV ($6.25/mo) - My dogs love it, though only one really watches!
2. QALY App ($6/mo) - Tracks ECG from my Apple Watch for heart issues. Anxiety makes me do it 
. Later I'll share how big heart-anxiety I have.
3. Ivory ($2/mo) - Sleek Mastodon client for iPhone and iPad.
4. SleepWatch ($26/yr) - Helps me keep tabs on my sleep patterns.
5. Infuse ($12/yr) - Seamlessly connects Jellyfin to my Apple TV.
What's your weirdest subscription?
Copilot, ChatGPT, or anything else - no judgment! Excited to hear your picks!
The era of subscriptions for everything?
Music subscription (Apple, Spotify etc). Subscription to social networks (Meta, X). Subscription to Messenger (Telegram Premium, Viber Plus etc). Sneaker subscription (On.com). Subscription for car seat heaters. What's next?
I found it hard to accept that the whole world was immersed in a subscription form of payment. You cannot own anything anymore; once your bank card runs out of money, you are cut off from the whole world.
You are immersed in a plethora of advertising. You can no longer use your programs; you are cut off from everything.
When did we take the wrong turn? When did a smartphone wallpaper app decide to become “big business” and just demand $10 a week? Why has this become the norm? 
Volkswagen makes horsepower a subscription: this needs to STOP!
VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power
VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power #infuriating #clippy #subscription #car #vwhttps://kbin.melroy.org/m/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world/t/1126412
Supposed you were to build a public-interest-oriented company - e.g. a CSM (Community supported music coop) working in an analogous manner to a CSA but co-producing concerts instead of cabbage - from scratch and wanted to document the building process so that 1. many people wanted to chime in along the way & get involved and 2. many people could easily copy it later or somewhere else - how would you tackle this documentation?
@StarkRG nodds in agreeement In a #classroom-like #setup we'd more likely see some centralized, self-hosted #managment solution like #Landscape or #RustDesk being used.
And if this acts similar to #WebCall and merely acts as a "Rendrevous-Server" then traffic and thus costs should be quite low.
I'd still hope they #OpenSource the #Backend so that there's another competitor to #Dayon and #RustDesk available...
sudo admin user with #Pubkey-only auth on #SSH is likely the way to do some admin stuff.Maybe one day @RaspberryPi will even add #PXE - #NetBoot capabilities to their #RaspberryPi and thus allow for #DisklessWorkstation - Setups, saving a crapton on #MicroSD cards that are prone to get lost and/or stolen...
1st World Enshitification Problems
I have been struggling with getting #halflife in #wine working and it's really one of the biggest (#gaming and investigation) problems I have had for a while.
It is grating on me - really quite hard - how much discussion about Half-Life ends "get it on #Steam".
No, alright? Because how I am taking those comments is: "you know that that thing you bought? You should buy the version that is slightly different, with extra rules by the distributor, where your play time is recorded, and your access can be removed on a whim by the #subscription service".
Smart Home Device Maker Renders Devices Dumb Unless A New Subscription Is Paid For
