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everything is a subscription
topics:
[[commerce]]
we accumulate so much, but own very little.
when you buy a product, you’re no longer buying the product’s lifespan with it.
lifetime software licenses are rare.
physical products (like printers –
Warzel, Charlie - 2023 - My Printer is Extorting Me
) can be rendered useless if you don’t maintain a digital subscription with the manufacturer.
these payments are main in perpetuity, otherwise you risk losing access to features, data, or your ability to use the product at all.
{3.4a1a2a1c2} cloud rent
.
{2.1} we're losing the magic of our life's ephemera to the cloud
is a concern about physical media, but it’s also about
user-hostile
business practices blurring the lines of ownership.