• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    That’s the result of a fucked business model. Many software devs came and went prior to the subscription model. Technofeudalism is not wanted by anyone but the software publishers.

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      7 hours ago

      To them, it’s the perfect business model. Keep you customers in perpetual debt, and dependent.

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      8 hours ago

      I don’t think you can compare software from like 20 years ago to software today.

      Things got way more complicated and applications require a lot more work