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Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here's Why They're Everywhere Now. | You'll own nothing and you'll be happy! (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

by selling me a license that lets me run their software on my own machine, not theirs. Like in the old times

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Doesn't quite work with something like streaming services

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    It could if they actually let you download the content for a change.

    And no I mean original quality, not split up undecipherable files that are hard to organize outside of their platform

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I tend to feel that if it’s a streaming service providing access to a wide range of videos, it could be argued that you don’t own them and, therefore, can’t download them either. However, you could still have the option to pay extra to actually purchase the video too. That money should go to the creator, though, who, of course, would also set the price. That could be free too. I, for example, have no issue with people watching my car repair 'tutorials' on YouTube for free.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Man Google had it just right with Google music and books. Of course they threw it all away.

    I was a big fan of Google music because I was able to upload my own music on to the cloud and they would help me tag albums. The streaming of new music was just the cherry on top and it was awesome when Google told me to check out a new album based on what I uploaded previously. Not only that, but they let you pay for music that you wanted to keep offline as well.

    Now it's all crammed into YouTube, which is horrible for music as it was never designed for music anyway

    To this day, I still think this was the best compromise all around and it seemed very ethical and modern to the way we consume music.

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