In the age of the internet, nothing is truly yours.

Just look at NFT’S

Christ man, leave a comment or don’t, make up your mind

I lumme some lemmy with that lemony fresh scent

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Praise inotia00

"Hold on honey, I’ll learn how to fix this pipe that’s burst, once I watch these 3 ads, complete this survey, redeem these rewards, finish this captcha and confirm my email.

Oh, this video isn’t available in Canada.

Even though it was made in Montana, literally a few miles from here."

^sorry

If it’s not fully for profit now, it will be later

He can put that subscription right up there with his Youtube Premium

you know… most companies include subs in the DVD or file.
For free.
You’re paying for a service that should be the universal standard.

You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?

THEN ASK PEOPLE TO DONATE, how tone-deaf can you be about your own community?? What the fuck do they think Wikipedia is doing?
I’ve found pirates & FOSS enthusiasts are FAR more likely to donate into something they use regularly and appreciate, this is a blatant slap in the face to those people.

True. I amended my comment to better convey my anger

This unfortunately helps sets a precedent for what the internet is going to look like in the future. Even the most basic things will be behind a paywall.
You cant even read a fucking news article from New York Times, who made 173.91 million dollars last year

Textbook shooting yourself in the foot, I really don’t know what they were hoping to gain. You already had a long-lasting reputation in the online community, now you’re a fucking scab

THE BALLS TO EVEN OFFER A “BLACK FRIDAY” DEAL, HOLY FUCK

My wife is deaf, and I take this VERY fucking personally. This is predatory to an already (unfortunately) overlooked demographic of movie lovers, I will absolutely rally against this bullshit.

Oh, no harm done then, lets keep allowing every online resource to implement shitty money grabbing tactics

How… how could you possibly start trying to profit off of a major resource for accessibility to movies. That’s scummier than scummy. Fuck you OpenSubtitles, you’re the fucking Elon Musk and Steve Huffman of deaf people everywhere. Get absolutely fucked.

From Limewire to QBitorrent, I’ve been sailing since I’ve had a computer.
It’s crazy that people aren’t aware of the alternatives out there, when all it takes is a little googling. But I guess that’s just a sign that the likes of Netflix and Spotify have a stranglehold on mainstream consumers though