Jetbrains has a nice model: Pay for it and you get a perpetual license for that version. Pay yearly and you get perpetual licenses for those (and the latest) too.
If it didn't have that i would have switched to free alternatives.
That sounds good. All I want is a fair deal, paying €3k per seat to rent software is ridiculous.
Halfway through the year their license check service went down for almost a week, rendering the software useless and unable to be used. They should have been sued, but nobody did.
I agree with you. I still have my pc to store whatever I need on it that I can use without internet. VHS, dvd combo player. No smart TVs or Alexa. Not paying the cloud for storage but do have an old apple phone
I generally grab digitized books from annas-archive i had to forego on saving real books because i don't have that kind of space, which would be an issue if we get hit by an EMP.
They haven't stopped me:
I have a huge CD/DVD/BLU-Ray collection.
I have disc players.
I try avoid a phone because it's a tracking device. But i have tons of offline storage.
I don't stream because physical is higher bitrates than streaming - a 4K stream is a joke compared even to a HD blu ray disc.
I have a lot of offline things saved for when the internet goes out.
I don't subscribe to anything but the internet, and i definitely do not 'rent' or 'subscribe' to things.. i opt to own
Oh yeah, and i use Annas Archive. At this stage i don't care if it's illegal, because the bigger crime is paywalling information the world needs.
I like the way you do it!
Same, but mist Cad software has weaselled its way into SAAS theft subscription model.
It should be illegal to not off permanent licenses, but most governments are bought out by their tech corporate masters.
Jetbrains has a nice model: Pay for it and you get a perpetual license for that version. Pay yearly and you get perpetual licenses for those (and the latest) too.
If it didn't have that i would have switched to free alternatives.
That sounds good. All I want is a fair deal, paying €3k per seat to rent software is ridiculous.
Halfway through the year their license check service went down for almost a week, rendering the software useless and unable to be used. They should have been sued, but nobody did.
As I said, it should be illegal.
I agree with you. I still have my pc to store whatever I need on it that I can use without internet. VHS, dvd combo player. No smart TVs or Alexa. Not paying the cloud for storage but do have an old apple phone
Entertainment prepping.
Do you have reference sources too?
I generally grab digitized books from annas-archive i had to forego on saving real books because i don't have that kind of space, which would be an issue if we get hit by an EMP.