this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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Fuck Subscriptions

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Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.

Expect use of strong language.

Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.

No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.

Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.

New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.

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Some other groovy communities for those who wish to own their products, their data and their life:

Right to Repair/Ownership

Hedges Development

Privacy

Privacy Guides

DeGoogle Yourself

F-Droid

Stallman Was Right

Some other useful links:

FreeMediaHeckYeah

Louis Rossman's YouTube channel

Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:

Piped

Invidious

Nitter

Teddit

 

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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Apparently it's because of Paramount Germany. Those episodes had, to quote them, "anti Semitic commentary"

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's only Germany as well, other countries get all of them. Including the United States. This reaction to a Twitter post is overblown. Germany has laws that must be followed that's all

Everyone here is reacting to a random person on Twitter as if they are telling the truth.

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[–] kcweller@feddit.nl 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Broooo two days before the day after tomorrow is fucking golden though.

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

Ahoy, Mateys!

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Time for piracy to make a swift comeback.

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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

That recent episode of The Reversal is coming to mind...

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Man South Park used to be one of my favourite shows but I considered it dead when it moved to paramount+ my country didn’t even have access to paramount for like a year, now nobody cares

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[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And yet they keep the Scott Tenorman episode?

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

I think most of those episodes aren't available on Comedy Central's site either (can't access the USA version, it keeps redirecting me to the Brazilian, all of them still seem available)

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

There are multiple series I liked on Paramount+ that are missing entire seasons, and not necessarilly the oldest or newest seasons either. Bob Abishola, which I started watching on Paramount+(or was it CBS? this was around the time they merged), suddenly had only the latest season available, right when it turned out I had somehow missed a season.

I hate a lot of Streaming services for various reasons, am constantly wrestling with password resets for my family's Hulu/Disney accouts, but Paramount+ is still the worst by far.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

🏴‍☠️

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Wtf that's like the best episodes

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