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by jamil7 1111 days ago
> It seems every week on here there is a thread lamenting how users are forced into subscription software services

Who exactly is forced into subscription software? If you don't want to pay for a subscription then use something open source (maybe consider donating or contributing), paid up front or write your own.
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ironmagma 1109 days ago
> paid up front

The option is increasingly not available. That's the issue.

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jamil7 1109 days ago
Yeah I get it. But from someone who's sold software this way before, for paid up front to make economic sense it needs to be a quite a significant amount. Majority of people don't want to commit to this.
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