I don't know how much this affects me, but I've seen that a good number of folks aren't happy.

Plex announces Plex Pass price increase and paywall for remote streaming - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/plex-price-increase-remote-streaming-changes/

For those of you who don't really care for YouTube Music.

I might have to look into this myself.

YouTube's new Premium Lite offers ad-free viewing on most videos for $8 per month

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/youtubes-new-premium-lite-offers-ad-free-viewing-on-most-videos-for-8-per-month-153142844.html?src=rss

"As #ProQuest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of #bigdeals for #ebooks?"
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/02/21/as-proquest-exits-the-print-book-market-will-we-see-a-new-era-of-big-deals-for-ebooks/

"Commercial publishers prefer institutions to sign up to a leasing #subscription model, as they offer little in the way of perpetual rights. This means that if a #Library decides to cancel, they have no owned content to show for their expenditure."

PS: I hope #libraries steer clear of this atrocious model. It uses their real need for access against them. If they're desperate enough to buy a subscription, they're letting their desperation lead them into a trap.

So glad I waited for Veilguard!

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for March – Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/02/26/playstation-plus-monthly-games-for-march-dragon-age-the-veilguard-sonic-colors-ultimate-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-cowabunga-collection/

I used to subscribe to Apple Music and then stopped. When I subscribed again, I had lost all my hand-curated playlists that I had carefully crafted over the years.

I’m done with this subscription-based life where everything you cherish can and will be taken away from you. So I took the radical decision to own my music, like we used to when iPods were fashionable.

And you can too.

https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/14-you-can-own-music/

"Lieber Erik,

tatsächlich bin ich Dein einziger Abonnent? Was ist los mit Deinen anderen Leuten? Und überhaupt der ganzen Welt?

Das ist doch ein famoser Log, den Du schreibst. Allein für diesen Grünkohl-Skalierungs-Text lohnt es sich doch wohl zu abonnieren."

https://steadyhq.com/de/blogfrei/about#js-publication_plans

#Newsletter #500Zeichen #Blog #Subscription

→ I Ditched the Algorithm for RSS—and You Should Too
https://joeyehand.com/blog/2025/01/15/i-ditched-the-algorithm-for-rssand-you-should-too/

“[P]latforms [are] built for engagement, not efficiency. Instead of showing you high-quality posts upfront, they pad your feed with #memes, #spam, and #astroturfing.”

“#RSS is like your youtube #subscription #feed in hyperdrive. Subscribe to sites you love and decide what shows up — no exploitative social media #algorithm needed. No more #ads or algorithms deciding how to keep you #doomscrolling.”

As well as receiving the subscription print, Tier 2 subscribers will receive a Rooftops of St Ives slight second. (While stocks last, I have about eight of them).

I haven't decided yet what my next subscription print will be but it might be some kind of architecture or an interesting old fence.

I have #Substack blocked at the DNS level, because I never, ever, ever, want to read anything on that site.

Substack's whole thing is "the #subscription network", and the only people who use it are people who have bought into #neoliberalism hook, line, and sinker.

The #influencea epidemic is already overwhelming, and trying to nickel and dime us to death with $1/mo here, $2/mo there, $5/mo over there. I'm looking at you, too, Patreon.

I'm not your livestock, not your farm. #NaziBar

#press #subscription
So, I had this idea a while ago, because I got disgusted with the NYT op ed and their editors in general, but some of the journalists were really good. Same with WP.

I know I can subscribe to an author's xitter feed or whatever, but I really would like the entire article. I'm honestly not adverse to paying for stuff, but I'm simply fed-up with what is clearly a billionaire owned media industry.

So, imagine if you could go to a website and select from a list of journalists. Just them. Their own titles, their own unedited articles. And Pay for that as one chunk.

I'd pay $20/month if I could get a set of articles from "today" that only was authors that I actually respect, and aren't "owned" by any billionaire.

I wish we could turn it on its head and be like, "this journalist is making a living already, and has X followers. If you want *the same* artcles for reprint in your paper, you can get a reprint subscription from them, rather than owning them.

@lucasmz no, it's a #Shitcoin #scam and @signalapp knew it from day 1, thus they are complicit in it.

• Instead of doing a #VCMoneyBurningParty, #Signal could do the responsible ans sustainable thing and be a #subscription #service that doesn't collect #PII and #shills an obvious #PumpAndDump!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileCoin
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mobilecoin

You know, I might start paying attention to #MLS this year. But I don’t want to have to pay extra on top of my #AppleTV+ #subscription. Guess I’ll resort to streaming. Like I do for every other sport. It sucks that sports can’t sustain themselves with sponsorships alone anymore.

But I guess I’m part of that problem, for a number of reasons.

https://twitter.com/LAFC/status/1881436336760246363

Keep buying physical media. Maintain control and ownership of your favorite television shows and movies. #physicalmedia #subscription #subscriptionssuck #movies #television #dvds

Two big hitters coming to PlayStation Plus!

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for January: God of War Ragnarök, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand, and more

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/15/playstation-plus-game-catalog-for-january-god-of-war-ragnarok-like-a-dragon-gaiden-the-man-who-erased-his-name-atlas-fallen-reign-of-sand-and-more/