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   David Amador (djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:16:48 JST David Amador

   I love tech, but every year I see more & more companies block features, services and devices behind subscriptions and "requires account", we are moving towards a bleak future. It's all over the place, software, printers, cars, etc. Or maybe I'm old and I'm wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:16:43 JST hypolite

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     • Brad Koehn ✅
     @bkoehn @djlink Swing back to what? ?
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     Brad Koehn ✅ (bkoehn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:16:44 JST Brad Koehn ✅

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     @djlink Subscriptions have become very popular of late, to be sure. It seems to be a more palatable way to generate revenue right now. Like anything, I’m sure the pendulum will swing back.

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     David Amador (djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:16:45 JST David Amador

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     • Brad Koehn ✅

     @bkoehn I would agree more if this was a more recent thing but it was been bubbling for several years even before this current situation which I guess started a bit around the time the pandemic also started?

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     Brad Koehn ✅ (bkoehn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:16:46 JST Brad Koehn ✅

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     @djlink It’s just a response to the current economics. The cost of money (interest rate) is going up, and the supply of revenue (ad spend) is going down. Money has to come from somewhere.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:26:45 JST hypolite

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     • Brad Koehn ✅
     @bkoehn @djlink Doesn’t it make the subscription model even more tempting to lock customers in? I don’t see Adobe ever going back to retail pricing for its software suite for example.
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     Brad Koehn ✅ (bkoehn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 10:26:46 JST Brad Koehn ✅

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     • hypolite

     @hypolite @djlink Less dependency on subscription revenue and a return to retail pricing. The value of surveillance is in a race to the bottom, in terms of what buyers of the data are willing to pay.

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