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   Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 16:16:35 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

   I know it's old fashioned, but I really miss just buying software once and installing it in my laptop and it's mine forever, you know?

   #tech

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     Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti (remoquete@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 17:29:35 JST Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

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     @liztai From floppies.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:14:21 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Security Writer

     @SecurityWriter I am starting to be the same. I miss this old fashioned feeling of not having to pay every month for stuff 😆

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     Security Writer (securitywriter@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:14:22 JST Security Writer

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     @liztai I only buy software that I can keep. Those that I’m not able to, I endeavour to crack so I can keep. I might want to share it with a friend for instance. Nobody’s bottom line is affected as the friend was never going to buy it anyway.

     I remove DRM on ebooks for the same reason. I don’t do piracy, but can’t abide being told what I can and can’t do with software or media I own.

     I have one SaaS service for my mail and VPN.

     I’m a stubborn old relic, but it’s good that others are of this mindset too.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:14:30 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

     @remoquete the original!

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:15:00 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Neil Hopkins

     @satsuma 100% I miss buying games in pretty boxes 😭

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     Neil Hopkins (satsuma@dice.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:15:02 JST Neil Hopkins

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     @liztai with a disk and a nice box and a proper manual that explained how to use it!

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:15:09 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Thomas Beagle

     @thomasbeagle amen!!

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     Thomas Beagle (thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:15:10 JST Thomas Beagle

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     @liztai I miss the days when you could start using software and it wouldn't change how it worked until you chose to update it.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:15:21 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Thomas Beagle
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     @linuxgnome @thomasbeagle I really need to learn Linux damnit

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     Another imaginary sandwich bar (not as funny) (linuxgnome@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:15:23 JST Another imaginary sandwich bar (not as funny)

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     • Thomas Beagle

     @thomasbeagle @liztai

     I use Linux. My OS and apps are free and mine (no EULA). I throw the devs a few coins as gratitude.

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     astroPug (astropug@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 18:23:41 JST astroPug

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     @liztai

     Those were the days. Remember when we owned, say, adobe photoshop or premiere?

     Subscriptions make me sad.