Finally cancelled my Ideogram subscription today, I've had it for the past 12 months and loved it.
Now I'm using ChatGPT 4o almost exclusively for my AI image generation needs.
I updated my paid subscriptions list:
https://wiki.wesfryer.com/subscriptions
Yet More Reasons to Dump #Zuckerberg/Meta WhatsApp!
Meta Bringing Ads and Subscriptions to WhatsApp
#Meta Platforms Inc. will begin showing #Ads inside of its WhatsApp messaging service, opening a new potential revenue stream while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence and other long-term projects.
Advertisers can also pay to promote their #WhatsApp Channel and give it prominent placement within the Updates tab...
As part of the advertising push, WhatsApp will also let Channel operators sell #Subscriptions, meaning they can create special messages just for a group of paying customers
When I posted yesterday about Frequency, the federated photo-sharing service;
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/114679152915697804
... various technical difficulties distracted me from the main thing I wanted to comment on. Which is the false dichotomy that digital services can either be paid for via ads, or individual subscriptions. As @jesseplusplus points out, the subscription model of apps can be collective rather than individual. That's the model for the Bridge Seat hosting co-op I've been working on.
#Design #Experiences
Adobe’s shady plan practices · “My long-term trust in Adobe has completely sunk.” https://ilo.im/164gvr
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#Adobe #Illustrator #Photoshop #Lightroom #Subscriptions #Photography #ProductDesign #UiDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign
THE BLOODY #PIRATE MANIFESTO
"No #ads. No #VIP. #No god. Just seed.
Welcome to the Age of Monetized #Piracy.
Where “#free” comes with cookies,
Where “#anonymous” means “newsletter,”
Where every #pirate flag has a price tag sewn in.
You wanted to sail the high seas
They sold you a lifeboat subscription with #ads.
🦷 RULE #1:
If you make money off #piracy you are the #Navy.
Ad-plastered “free streaming” sites
→ You click "Play", they load 9 #JavaScript #miners and your ex’s #Facebook ad.
→ Solution: #Kill their #revenue. #uBlock, #TamperMonkey, Empty.gif carpet #bombing.
VIP #Pirate #Accounts
→ They sell stolen #Netflix access like it’s a f***ing bottle service.
→ Solution: #Leak it. #Fork it. #Burn it.
#Darknet Pirate Resellers
→ "Premium Ebook Packs - Only $29 #BTC"
→ Solution: #Doxx. #Spoof. #Blacklist.
(They sell what should be holy. Purify with fire.)
#FAKE #LIBRARIES ARE NOT #LIBERATION.
"#PDF download" — 9 popups later, your #RAM is crying.
"Buy 3 #EPUBs, get 1 free" — you just colonized knowledge.
"#DMCA takedown coming 😭" cry #harder, #bitch.
#Archive it. #Mirror it. #Share it. Don't sell it.
They #seed.
They #encrypt.
They #disappear.
Every time you monetize piracy, an #FTP server #dies in a basement.
“If your #piracy has a #profit model,
then our #piracy will include you.”
#Ads? Nuked.
#Subscriptions? Hijacked.
#Privacy policies? Weaponized.
You are not a user. You are a bullet.
“You wanted #torrent #freedom.
They gave you streaming #debt.”
Now take it back. With #fire.
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Sprocket Foundation #Subscriptions are now ₹700👉₹600 for Annual and ₹40,000👉₹30,000 for Lifetime! ✨️
🚲 #Buy & #sell #Cycles/parts easily on Sprocket 👉 Download now: www.sprocket.bike/app
»#Spotify says support for external #payments on #iOS has already boosted #subscriptions.« https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/spotify-says-support-for-external-payments-on-ios-has-already-boosted-subscriptions/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Spotify's iOS subscription model is paying off! 🚀 Letting users pay outside the App Store boosts subscriptions, giving Spotify more control.💰
More music, better features & potentially lower prices! 🎶
Find the best streaming deals with @softsasi! 🔎
#Spotify #iOS #Subscriptions
Spotify’s new iOS update supports web payments after Epic v. Apple ruling—Premium upgrades surge. iOS users now see prices & pay online, fueling a major jump in Premium conversions. #Spotify #Apple #iOS #eCommerce #Premium #Subscriptions #TechNews #AppStore #WebPayments
Adobe to automatically move subscribers to pricier, AI-focused tier in June https://arstechni.ca/YBVE #subscriptions #generativeai #software #Adobe #Tech #AI
I don't want to be the evil villain in the room, but #GamePass is going to be as high as a new "AAA" game a month.
Why? The value proposition. You can play all games you want in a single month for the price of one great game, or have only one game forever.
Once #Xbox Game Pass stops growing, that's the growth alternative. Line must always go up.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Microsoft #XboxSeries #XboxSeriesS #XboxSeriesX #MicrosoftGaming #Subscription #Subscriptions
As some users of a particular VPN have recently discovered, a ‘lifetime’ subscription is a dubious selling point and shouldn’t be the most important factor in getting a product.
Who’s ‘lifetime’? Certainly not the subscriber. The lifetime of the app? The company? The OS on which you use it?
There’s questionable value of subscription over a one-time buy. That said, the stand-alone Office 2021 works on MacOS 12, but further updates require +12. Buyer beware.
#subscriptions #software #Office2021
Nice move @trakt. $60/yr?! Guess it’s time to leave.
Grandfathering doesn’t mean anything now. Companies just want more and more.
#VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had #lifetime #subscriptions , cancels them
#privacy #security
The FTC puts off enforcing its ‘click-to-cancel’ rule - Companies now have until July 14th to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up for them. #OptOut #Subscriptions #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerRights
https://www.theverge.com/news/664730/ftc-delay-click-to-cancel-rule
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#technology #tech #streaming #data #cloud #subscriptions #opinion #media #music #movies #books #art #photos
Spotify’s U.S. App Update Approved by Apple Amid Antitrust Shift
#AsianTalks #spotify #appupdate #apple #appstore #paymentlinks #pricing #us #antitrust #epicgames #applemusic #subscriptions #tech #news
https://theasiantalks.com/spotifys-u-s-app-update-approved-by-apple-amid-antitrust-shift/
Spotify’s U.S. App Update Approved by Apple Amid Antitrust Shift
#TycoonWorld #spotify #appupdate #apple #appstore #paymentlinks #pricing #us #antitrust #epicgames #applemusic #subscriptions #tech #news
https://tycoonworld.in/spotifys-u-s-app-update-approved-by-apple-amid-antitrust-shift/
.. the internet is not the open place where everyone can offer their stuff, share stuff (and make money if others are interested), but we live in a deeply fractured place, where those who have a NYT subscription know different thngs than those who have a DIE ZEIT subscription, where those watching Netflix enjoy different things than those watching Paramount+. Where you can't talk about stuff, share stuff the way you should.
I don't like subscriptions
"Amazon revokes the concept of owning books, can edit books you already bought; Piracy Is The Answer!"—Louis Rossmann >
#scandalous #Amazon #books #e_books #digital_good #editing #modifying #authors #enshitification #video #license #DRM #piracy #policy_changes #download #kindle #amazon_kindle #techbros_swindle #Jeff_Bezos #consumer_protection #subscriptions #piracy #e_reader #online_purchases #political_correctness #surveillance_capitalism
