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$15 for this, $20 for that, $10 for that. Even my damn rowing exercise machine's apps are asking $15 a month. I am not going to spend $200/month for subscriptions. If I can get away with cracked versions and blockers I will. It is corporate greed at this point.

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I get your point. I too hate that subscriptions add up, and that too many products that were but once are moving to a subscription model.

However, this is partly on us too. For years we have been blocking ads on services we use, saying we want alternative means of monetization over tracking, blocking ads. Now this is the end result. At least YouTube still offers add supported model. Some websites have been subscription only for a while now.

It's not corporate greed to ask for money for a service they offer that costs them money to run.

Also half that money goes to the creators you watch, so it's also about supporting whose content you consume. And if they don't offer you 7.5$ of value per month... why are you even watching them?

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