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by h1d 2892 days ago
Out of curiosity, how are you burnt so many times from online services?
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Probably more than anything else it was from when I bought my iPad. There was an explosion in apps after I bought it, and services came with it, along with subscriptions.

The first thing I knew something was wrong was when my subscription to BBC Good Food Magazine changed, and I could no longer email myself recipes in any meaningful format (I had to screenshot the page and share it).

A common one is when a service is bought out and goes to crap, or when a service just goes under (like ma.gnolia) and you lose everything.

Plex has also burnt me by not letting me access content on my own network when their online service goes down.

Facebook burnt me more times than I can count, but Cambridge Analytica was the last straw.

My favourite type of burn is the breach of a security company burn, like lastpass.